8 Tips to secure your laptop and computers

Laptop and cell phones are two most essential tool everyone has. There are few things which is common about Laptop’s and Mobile phones :

They both are vulnerable and breakable. Both of them need utter care. Safety of them is a prime concern for all the cell phone and laptop users.

Here are few tips which will help you to ensure the security and safety of your laptop:

1. Antivirus software : Using an outdated antivirus or using an antivirus which are not good enough to take care of your laptop from evil viruses, you might be keeping your data security in danger. First step would be use any of the best and effective antivirus and always update your antivirus.
2. Firewall : If you are using default windows firewall and think you are secure, than think again. The fact is most of Trojan and spies when binned with latest binder are efficient enough to dodge your latest and updated antivirus. Firewall comes in handy to block such program to opening any Internet connection. There are plenty of free firewall to choose among. One of them is comodo firewall. Keep an updated version of Firewall and monitor all your internet activity.
3. Update all your software : Usually patches and updates for software are rolled out to add extra features and remove any previous bugs. Either keep option for automatic updates on for all the software or use a freeware like Filehippo update checker to check for software updates.
4. Proper shut down : Windows/Linux and Mac has a dedicated button to shut down your Computer. Use it to shut down your system else you might end up creating lots of dump files and corrupted software.
5. Install tracking software : Laptop are portable and chances of loosing them while traveling is high. Use a Laptop tracking software to track your stolen laptop. One of such software is Adeona.It’s an open source software and free to use.
6. Backup your files at regular Interval : Precaution is better then cure. Same thing goes here. Make a practice to take a backup of your files using a portable hard disk or some online storage. One of such free online storage program is Skydrive which offers 25Gb of free online storage.
7. Use a password for login : Most of laptop users tends to avoid using password for their laptops and this is like leaving a big security loop hole. Any intruder can take control of your system when you connect to a network. Even the system is hacked, hacker have easy access to all your data files. So use a strong password to ensure your laptop safety. Always try to use a complex password using Alphabet, numeric and special characters.
8. Defragmentation : Windows system has a inbuilt feature call Defragmentation which keep all the scattered file organized. You can access Defragmentation feature under Mycomputer>Manage>Defragmentation.

Make sure you follow these few tips to ensure the security and safety of your laptop.

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Article by Harsh Agrawal

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