Most of the time opening files from
unknown sources or browsing a doubtful Webpage may lead to a system problem or
worst damage to other files or programs of your personal computer. You must be
careful and take precautionary actions to prevent serious issues which may
arise from negligence or carelessness. Remember, when opening files at your
disposal you must be very careful and check the source and origin of the file
from where it come from to avoid risks and future hazards before you do any
clicking. If you are uncertain or suspicious about a certain file, the best
thing to do is to park it first and do investigative tasks to further check the
real status and authenticity of the file. It is better to prevent viruses or
malicious wares to infest your PC before it create an instant failure and
overall damaging effects on your system.
Now, to make sure that you are always on
track on each files that you are about to download or accept, you need to
follow 3
simple rules for a safer file management.
Before downloading any files, take note
that most electronic mail accounts do have an option or feature which are used
for attachment scanning before the system accept the running program on each
file. The special features of an e-mail program to safeguard your system are; malicious
ware blocking, to caution you on programs which are risky and hazardous to your
computer, and pre-download screening measures.
You may adhere to easy-to-do procedures
when a webpage you are surfing pops-out a message of request stating that
something needs to install but you are skeptical to follow instructions. All
you have to do is make web searches on the software’s name, authenticity,
and security before reading results that you have gathered on the
beginning. You may repeatedly do terms and name searches if the results you
have acquired still seem to be vague. Most importantly, you may do website and
software name record keeping tasks as well as gathering information about the
software if doubts arise.
The options to guarantee the security of
the software you are downloading are listed on the menu for Advance Options
where you’ll be able to choose certain files to scan. You may do scan section
navigation after
opening the control panel of the security software. Remember that
before making any file transfer to your personal computer from a medium,
usually, your anti-malicious ware or antivirus program is able to do
verification of the file before you open it. To check if the software is safe
to download, you may view the window where the symbol of the file is located;
for showing the context menu, you have to right-click the icon; and for
scanning initiation, you may click the entry because the software security may
have Scan file labeled or something nearly the same.
Serious damaging effects on your computer
will be avoided if you learn how to regularly update your software, do Web
research, and trusting your software.
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