list tow ways to protect your computer against viruese?

Answer 1

1. Get a Mac.
2. Don't worry.

Answer 2

How to Protect Your Computer from Viruses

You can protect yourself against viruses with a few simple steps:

* If you are truly worried about traditional (as opposed to e-mail) viruses, you should be running a more secure operating system like UNIX. You never hear about viruses on these operating systems because the security features keep viruses (and unwanted human visitors) away from your hard disk.


* If you are using an unsecured operating system, then buying virus protection software is a nice safeguard.


* If you simply avoid programs from unknown sources (like the Internet), and instead stick with commercial software purchased on CDs, you eliminate almost all of the risk from traditional viruses. In addition, you should disable floppy disk booting -- most computers now allow you to do this, and that will eliminate the risk of a boot sector virus coming in from a floppy disk accidentally left in the drive.


* You should make sure that Macro Virus Protection is enabled in all Microsoft applications, and you should NEVER run macros in a document unless you know what they do. There is seldom a good reason to add macros to a document, so avoiding all macros is a great policy.

* You should never double-click on an e-mail attachment that contains an executable. Attachments that come in as Word files (.DOC), spreadsheets (.XLS), images (.GIF), etc., are data files and they can do no damage (noting the macro virus problem in Word and Excel documents mentioned above). However, some viruses can now come in through .JPG graphic file attachments. A file with an extension like EXE, COM or VBS is an executable, and an executable can do any sort of damage it wants. Once you run it, you have given it permission to do anything on your machine. The only defense is to never run executables that arrive via e-mail.

By following those simple steps, you can remain virus free.

I hope it helps!

Answer 3

sounds like a homework question.

Virus software. Updated daily
Stay off the internet
Don't install programs and use disks from unknown sources
don't click on links in email or IM profiles

Answer 4

1)Avoid downloading/opening files witch may harm your computer (unknown software, .exe files, e-mail attachments)

2)Buy an antivirus software and keep it up-to-date, so that you are protected by new viruses (thousand viruses are created worldwide by hackers every day)

Answer 5

1) Keep it switched off.
2) If you switch it on don't go on line.
Guaranteed no viruses.

Answer 6

anti virus software i recomend spy sweeper with anti virus also dont go on wierd sites.

Answer 7

Would you not learn more by doing your own homework ?