In our modern day digital age life we are chained to our systems (PC, Laptops) and it is very normal that we spend most of the time of our day using it.
However, as we see with the passage of time , our system gets exposed to newer threats and it becomes imperative that we take utmost care and build a firewall against threats in time or else the damage can be irreversible and take a toll on our system rendering it useless.
The various threats to the system and how do we achieve protection is discussed as follows:
Virus
An antivirus can be an important factor to the overall health of your system. One can be extremely cautious of the viruses that can infect a system, but 100% protection is not guaranteed and there can be a lapse which can be taken care of by the anti-virus..
- It may so happen that you may accidentally click a “display malicious ad” or a “phishing email” which may give access to an undisclosed bug in windows or browser or an installed program and give hackers an unauthorized entry into your system risking you to financial loss or a loss of reputation or simply erase your critical data.
- There can be a new virus that can infect the PC and thus it is critical to update the antivirus so as to keep the system capabilities to deal with new threats and keep the undisclosed vulnerability at the minimum.
- It is also very important to note that the vulnerability is amplified multifold times when the user actively access emails, click on the links and download files and software.
- Also one needs to look into striking a balance between performance and protection in such a way that it doesn’t hamper the user’s ability to execute tasks and get the best out of the available resources or system.
Malware
Malware disrupts normal operations and causes harm to a network, operation or other devices. Most of the malware in today’s times is focused on making money for malware authors. This is done through stealing critical confidential data like username, password or credit card details and other financial particulars.
- Educating about malware attacks, timely recognition of the attacks and defense goes a long way in reducing the risk of malware attacks. Malware can change the original data and thus it is extremely important to keep a backup of the data and also have a duplicate copy as a standard measure of defense against malware attacks. Also, multiple layers of defense can make it difficult for the bad guys to bypass security access and mitigate risk to acceptable levels.
Trojans
A Trojan is a malware disguised as original/legitimate software which is capable to access personal information, record on screen activity or record webcam or microphone activity granting access to private and personal information. Trojans also destroy files secretly, thus posing many problems for the computer.
Deleting Trojan Horse Virus manually is a very difficult task. The latest anti-malware applications are very effective at removing Trojan Horse malware as well as other malware that may be damaging to your system’s overall performance.
Conclusion
Overall, we would suggest that it is better to be safe than sorry. Keep systems safe and follow best practices to mitigate risk to an acceptable level, balancing cost & budgets without compromising the normal working of the system.