According to German Independent IT Security company AV-TEST, there are 12,000,000 variants of malware a month. That’s about 4.5 every second! Malware, a combination of the words Malicious and Software, can be downloaded or sent to users to click on through email.
There is a lot of security software available and most well known computer makers sell computers with trial versions. It is a must nowadays.
- McAfee Total Protection 2015 (For 3 PCs)
- Norton Security (For 5 Devices)
- Kaspersky Internet Security 2015 (For 3 PCs)
- Microsoft Security Essentials
- Mac Antivirus by Sophos
There are options in all the above to have the software auto-update itself. Set it up, and forget about it. Make sure you run a scheduled full scan during times when you won’t be using your computer.
To keep safe, be weary of attachments and strange websites. Avoid Click Baiting,
Click baiting is a method most commonly found on Social Network sites, where the title is something like below, but the video is actually a picture with the play button photo-shopped onto it. They often lead to websites where malware auto-downloads.
