Is Your PC at Risk?

Two Simple and Easy Tips For Protecting Your Computer

Is your PC at risk? Researchers at AvanteGarde found that it takes less than four minutes for your computer to be hijacked once connected to the Internet. In one instance one of the test computers was hacked is 30 seconds.

What should you do? First, make sure you’re running a personal firewall. Update your Windows regularly with Microsoft patches. (The Macintosh machine was not as vulnerable in this test.) Secondly, keep secure passwords, and use some type of antivirus and anti-spyware software. The study found that Linux and Windows based machines using an application firewall fared the best.