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- Connect secured wireless networks for your home or office
- Remove dangerous spyware, adware, malware, and keyloggers
- Contain virus outbreaks
- Install anti-virus and spyware security software
- Help you get on the Internet
- Secure your Internet connection
- Update your operating system
- Install new peripheral devices
- Repair crashed hard drives
- Backup your important data
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| Consider running a more secure operating system such as UNIX if you are worried about traditional viruses, as opposed to email viruses. If you are using an unsecured operating system, always install virus protection software. |
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| Avoid programs from unknown sources, like the Internet, and instead stick with commercial software purchased on CDs. In addition, disable floppy disk booting; that will eliminate the risk of a boot sector virus coming in from a floppy disk accidentally left in the drive. |
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| NEVER double-click on an attachment that contains an executable that arrives as an email attachment. A file with an extension such as .exe, .com., .vbs is an executable, and an executable can do serious damage to your computer. Once you run it, you have granted it permission to do anything it wants on your computer. The only defense is to NEVER run executables that arrive via email. |
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