Protecting Your Business Online
Creating a website for your business means being online with your computer and sometimes being online can be risky business. You could run into spam, email phishing scams, viruses, or trojans, on any given day. Learning the basics of protecting your computers is an investment well worth making and won’t take much time at all. Compare it to the amount of time and money your business will lose if your computer hard drive is ruined by a virus or trojan and you can quickly see that it is time well spent.
The basic considerations you need to take into account include:
- Firewall
- A software application that runs continuously in the background filtering incoming and outgoing traffic to your computer to limit your exposure your attacks.
- ZoneAlarm - http://www.zonealarm.com
- A software application that runs continuously in the background filtering incoming and outgoing traffic to your computer to limit your exposure your attacks.
- Antivirus Utilities
- Another software application that also runs continuously in the background, anti-virus utilities scan your computer for virus infections. These are typically spread through email and most utilities also provide a real-time scanner to warn you if an email in your inbox and quarantine it before you are infected. Keeping your virus definitions up to date is critical to making your anti-virus software work for you as new viruses are developed every day. Most utilities include automatic update scheduling.
- McAfee - http://www.mcafee.com
- Another software application that also runs continuously in the background, anti-virus utilities scan your computer for virus infections. These are typically spread through email and most utilities also provide a real-time scanner to warn you if an email in your inbox and quarantine it before you are infected. Keeping your virus definitions up to date is critical to making your anti-virus software work for you as new viruses are developed every day. Most utilities include automatic update scheduling.
- Web Browser
- A web browser is a software program that allows a user to see and use content published on the Internet. Web browsers format the HTML code for display and there can be differences between browsers viewing the same website for this reason.
- Mozilla -
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- A web browser is a software program that allows a user to see and use content published on the Internet. Web browsers format the HTML code for display and there can be differences between browsers viewing the same website for this reason.
Knowing what tools to use is the first step in understanding how to keep your computer safe when you take your business online. Now you can focus on helping your business grow!
