by to7update » 27 Nov 2016, 17:34
We live in a time where computers are an extension of ourselves, so I believe it's clever from us to try to keep our computer healthy so that it continues to serve our purposes. The goal of this article is to provide some basic, yet useful tips about things we can do to improve our laptop or desktop health.
Care of use
Let's start from the beginning and begin by talking about usability. In the same way we are responsible for our body, we are responsible for our computer. And by this, I mean its physical integrity. So good tips to maintain its physical integrity are not to eat and not to drink near the computer, always use it on stable and dry surfaces and don't leave it alone in public places. Failure to comply on the previous requirements could determine the computers' death or disappearance, something that is naturally undesirable.
Navigation
Another crucial aspect to maintain our computer's health is the use we give to it. And by use I am mentioning mostly the web locations we are visiting. Are we visiting trustworthy sites from reliable companies that enable a safe web experience? Or are we visiting suspicious sites with strange buttons and large links for us to click? If it's the last option we need to consider the fact that clicking those links and buttons might be opening the doors from our computer for the entrance of virus and malware that could harm and even destroy the operating system.
Identity theft
We need to pay special attention also to those e-mails or sites that try to steal our usernames and passwords in order to hack our accounts. This usually happens in two ways. One, we receive an e-mail asking for us to introduce our username and password in a site that is familiar to us. We should never do that because the provided links are not real and they exist with the sole purpose of stealing or username and password. The second way is a fake homepage very similar to the original one, so we need to watch if when we introduce our username+password we enter immediately or if there is some glitch, most likely when that happens asking us to introduce them again is when the actual theft happens.
Doctor computer
Basically if we are cautious and careful enough and we follow the previous indicated steps, we could get along without doctor computer, but we are never too safe when we are online are we? So nothing like having a good anti-virus installed that watches over our wrong clicks and helps us prevent virus and malware infections. What anti-virus to use? I am a fan of the free ones, so on my personal computer I have Microsoft Security Essentials, but I also run the free ESET online scanner from time to time to look for malware.
These basic steps can maintain our computer healthy for a long, long time. Maybe not so long, as software and operating systems quickly demand for hardware upgrade, but that's another topic for another debate.
We live in a time where computers are an extension of ourselves, so I believe it's clever from us to try to keep our computer healthy so that it continues to serve our purposes. The goal of this article is to provide some basic, yet useful tips about things we can do to improve our laptop or desktop health.
Care of use
Let's start from the beginning and begin by talking about usability. In the same way we are responsible for our body, we are responsible for our computer. And by this, I mean its physical integrity. So good tips to maintain its physical integrity are not to eat and not to drink near the computer, always use it on stable and dry surfaces and don't leave it alone in public places. Failure to comply on the previous requirements could determine the computers' death or disappearance, something that is naturally undesirable.
Navigation
Another crucial aspect to maintain our computer's health is the use we give to it. And by use I am mentioning mostly the web locations we are visiting. Are we visiting trustworthy sites from reliable companies that enable a safe web experience? Or are we visiting suspicious sites with strange buttons and large links for us to click? If it's the last option we need to consider the fact that clicking those links and buttons might be opening the doors from our computer for the entrance of virus and malware that could harm and even destroy the operating system.
Identity theft
We need to pay special attention also to those e-mails or sites that try to steal our usernames and passwords in order to hack our accounts. This usually happens in two ways. One, we receive an e-mail asking for us to introduce our username and password in a site that is familiar to us. We should never do that because the provided links are not real and they exist with the sole purpose of stealing or username and password. The second way is a fake homepage very similar to the original one, so we need to watch if when we introduce our username+password we enter immediately or if there is some glitch, most likely when that happens asking us to introduce them again is when the actual theft happens.
Doctor computer
Basically if we are cautious and careful enough and we follow the previous indicated steps, we could get along without doctor computer, but we are never too safe when we are online are we? So nothing like having a good anti-virus installed that watches over our wrong clicks and helps us prevent virus and malware infections. What anti-virus to use? I am a fan of the free ones, so on my personal computer I have Microsoft Security Essentials, but I also run the free ESET online scanner from time to time to look for malware.
These basic steps can maintain our computer healthy for a long, long time. Maybe not so long, as software and operating systems quickly demand for hardware upgrade, but that's another topic for another debate.
