How to family-proof your PC

Description

It is important to safeguard your PC against malicious software. You need to resist dodgy downloads, suspicious pop-up and ads.

Solution:

Create multiple user accounts

Creating multiple user accounts is the easiest way to restrict guest’s risky activities on your PC. You can generate accounts for each member of your family. After enacting it, the user administrator can limit others capabilities to install programs as well as make systemwide changes. Also, "password at login" feature is enabled so that no one can access your PC without username and password.

Master your security checklist

Viruses are very scary for your computer. Thus, Security Starter Kit offers the top picks for freeware firewall, antivirus, spyware scanner, and encryption apps. Further, you can check out for Avira AntiVir Personal. Along with this, premium security suites are also available to go for.

Download software for safe browsing

By using user accounts and firewalls, you can remove various viruses but it cannot stop a child from clicking an unsafe link. If your teens are crazy for free games or music downloads then you must exert greater control.

Here are some strategies that you can use:

1. Always scan your search results as this can help you in identifying threats. McAfee SiteAdvisor available for Internet Explorer and Firefox shows green, yellow, or red icons on Web pages as well as on Google and Yahoo search results.

2. Use safer browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Opera and Google Chrome. Internet Explorer 8 has many security features but as it is the king of the browser jungle thus, it is an infectious magnet.

3. For kids, you can go for child-friendly browser like KidZui which display very limited content as per kids’ security.

Preach it

It can be most effective to talk directly to your friends and family who use your computer regarding the basic security rules.

Thus, apply these tricks and protect your PC against online threats. For more from the XpertCrew^TM team, please follow us on Twitter @Techvedic or contact Techvedic’s computer support helpdesk, as per below contact-details:

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