With the continuous improvement in the field of the internet technology we have come a long way, people can communicate to every one sitting at any part of the world, but also comes several threats in the mean time of this evolution process for example virus, worm, Trojan horse, and spyware. But by following these easy steps we can make ourselves, secure on the Internet

1 Scan your computer, for virus or other threats. As we all know that there has been a continuous threat from the virus or malware attacks. So to avoid all these threats from the computer perform antivirus installation, use proper antivirus software’s and they should be updated, as all the antivirus software companies launches the definitions for new threats time to time.

2 Use proper firewalls Use proper antivirus software’s firewall, and keep them on. Some of the best free firewall that tops the list are Comodo Firewall, ZoneAlarm Firewall, Online Armour, Agnitum Outpost

3 Keep the Windows security feature turned on In spite of using antivirus software’s, also keep updating your operating system with Windows Update with latest security patches from Microsoft.

4 Keep a check on the security bulletins from Microsoft For any sort of new threat, i.e. virus or any other loop holes periodically have a check on Microsoft Website.

5 Download the files from the trusted websites. Have a trace about where have you landed up with your browsing and only explore the website you trust upon. Always download software’s or other files from a trusted network.

6 Install only authentic software Developing Software is a costly affair so contribute and credit them and always have genuine software.

7 Back up your data regularly to protect your data, you should keep a data backup of your entire system regularly because a virus can erases or corrupts files on your hard disk. So if did not have a recent data backup then, it is the time to do that right away and keep that in regular practice on a periodic basis.

8 Don’t open suspicious email messages. The Microsoft Outlook help to protect your inbox mails from spam and phishing messages through the junk e-mail filter. Don’t open the emails you are not expecting for and some unknown source.

The above steps are some of the protection measure for your computer which is advised for every individual to have in practice. As your system is right in your hand and so does is its protection.