8 ways to ensure Cyber Security on your Windows PC

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Eight ways to ensure Cyber Security on your
Windows PC

• By,
• Dubai Laptop Rental,
• www.dubailaptoprental.com

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INTRODUCTION

• Day in and day out we hear about the cyber crimes
  happening in different parts of the world.
• It is not just about the money theft caused by
  hacking the bank account details, data theft is
  another impending problem that can happen to
  anybody. 

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• Hackers depend on the spyware, malware or they
  might even stoop to any low like stealing your PC
  itself to extract the data from your computer. 
•  It could be for money or more importantly the
  competitors of your company could target for the
  data theft.
• Here comes the term Cyber Security.

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Cyber Security

• Cyber Security is the protection of computer
  systems from the theft or damage to their
  hardware, software or information, as well as
  from disruption or misdirection of the services
  they provide.
• We will see the necessary measures to be taken to
  keep your data secured.

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1. Keep your Antivirus Software up-to-date
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2. Seek a second opinion anti-virus check

• If you are terribly concerned about your data
  theft, it is ideal to run free anti-virus/spyware
  removal software periodically just to eliminate
  the risk.

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3. Activate your Firewall settings

• All you have to do is, set the firewall settings
  in place by choosing firewall option from
  control panel.

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4. Make your computer gets the updates

• Windows offers updates for a reason. So, keep the
  settings in such a way that you get the Windows
  updates automatically.

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5. Maintain two accounts

• It is advisable to maintain two accounts, an
  administrator account and a standard account for
  better security.

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6. Set Browser settings

• Like Windows, your browser also has to be set up
  to keep updating automatically.

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7. Password-protected folders

• Use password-protected folders to keep your
  sensitive data safe from those who might seek to
  steal your data. 

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8. Beware of malicious E-mails

• Learn to identify the malicious emails. The email
  might just be packed with malware. So, check for
  the warning signs that the emails have.

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References

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