5. Preventing infection

Viruses can be prevented by taking sensible precautions including:

  • Using anti-virus software to scan your system daily or weekly
  • Not opening attachments from people that you don't know (or attachments which look suspicious)
  • Unless you are using a reputable site, not clicking on web site offers which look too good to be true, for example 'download this amazing game for free'
  • Use special filtering software to prevent automatic downloads of computer programs
  • Not allowing people to load applications on your system
  • Not using software that has been copied
  • Backing up your system regularly so you can recover your data with clean copies

 

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