9 Simple Tips To Avoid Computer Virus Infection

A virus is a program – a piece of executable code – that has the possibly of cloning itself. Computer viruses can spread fast and they are hard to eradicate. 

They can be attached to any type of file and they are spread as files copied and sent from person to person. They can be contacted from a flash drive, software installations or the internet, they can be launched when opening a program or accessing a file, any file, or they can be brought from the internet by downloading a file or accessing a web page and as attachments to e-mails.

Besides replication, some viruses have something else in common: their infecting routine. 

The behaviors of viruses vary from showing messages or images to destroying files, formatting the hard disk drive and other severe damage. 

If the virus does not inflict damage it can still cause problems by taking up space and memory, lowering the performances of the computer. Nine rules for avoiding viruses would be:

1. Use an anti virus program at all times.

2. Install and keep an active firewall.

3. Make sure your system is up-to-date with all the existent updates.

4. Keep your browsers security settings at maximum.
 
5. Never click yes when your browser asks you if you want to install or open some content coming from an organization you don’t know or don’t trust.

6. Install an anti-spy ware program to enlarge the protection.

7. Never install a browser help, Plugin or search bar  unless it comes from a reliable source.

8. Use a different credit card for online shopping and keep it safe.

9. Don’t click on email attachments that are executable files even if they look as if sent from known persons.

The antivirus programs have a big role in providing your computers security and protecting it from viruses, worms, Trojan horses and other “invaders” that can attack a computer. 

The role of an antivirus program is to detect the presence of viruses in a computer, to disinfect the files or delete the ones that can’t be disinfected and prevent the contamination of the computer.

Most of the companies that produce antivirus have online free tools for scanning computers for viruses.  If you don’t have an antivirus yet and can’t decide which one to buy you can enter their online sites and try the services for free, then decide what to use.

How To Promote Your Business With Twitter

Aside from Facebook, Twitter is another very Popular social media you need to have in order to keep yourself out there in the world.

Twitter is different from from Facebook in one major way:

. It has less room for writing (Just about 140 Characters)

The way that Twitter differs from Facebook is that there are a very limited number of characters to write on your Tweet.

In other words, this is the perfect place to speak when you don’t have a lot to say.

Twitter allows you to send people little messages about what’s going on in your life or your business.

You can’t get into a long description, so of you just received a shipment of red women’s shoes Twitter is the perfect place to make that known.

You can tweet “Just got on red shoes for women! Come on by and see them.” And nobody expects you to describe those shoes.





That’s a very big difference from the Facebook crowd because on Facebook everyone expects you to go into at least some detail about those shoes.

Are they heels or flats? What shade of red are they? Do you have them in all sizes? Are you going to post a picture?

Facebook users have higher expectations than a two or three sentence post. Twitter users know you won’t delve into those kinds of details.

This social media groups is the basic of the basic information.

How does that help you? For one thing it is easy to Tweet. Instead of having to come up with long, informative and interesting posts or blogs, all you have to do is write a sentence or two.

Another reason Tweeting is good for you is, much like Facebook, people can follow you on Twitter.

 Twitter allows you to follow an unlimited amount of people, read quickly what everyone is up to, respond when you want to, and then move on to other things. It’s all done very quickly, too.

One thing that really stands outin this market is that Twitter users have something they like to call ‘Hashtags’ which facebook has also Introduced.

 Hashtags are a way of grouping a conversation into more organized methods of communication.

Let’s say, for example, you have an online meeting and you need to keep the ball rolling, so to speak, and make sure
your partners are aware of the meetings.

Putting a hashtag (#) in front of the meeting name will keep your group organized.

Twitter hashtags are also a fantastic way of keeping up to date on the latest Twitter trends. Hashtags are a means of tracking what’s popular.

 As a person who is trying to market themselves it can be very important to know what people are looking for and these Hashtags are a very easy method of tracking those markets.

While at first the concept of Hashtags is extremely confusing to people (I’ll admit, I had to do some research on it when I began using Twitter) it does get easier.

The one thing to remember when creating a Hashtag is to make sure your Hashtag is relevant to your conversation or to ensure that people understand the Hashtag you’re trying to create.

If you Hashtag your company or Business, do so in a sentence. Simply put the # symbols before your company name and a Hashtag is automatically generated for you.

Twitter also allows you to choose from unique backgrounds and colors to build a good visual market for yourself.

You can make your Twitter Background relevant to your business to increase the visual appeal for your clients.