Are You Looking For A Virus Protected Network?

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This is a guest post written by Daniel Parker. Daniel Parker is an IT Manager and is working in a well reputed Network Support company specializing in IT Network Support and all Network Support Services for last 10 years. If you have any issue regarding your computer problems and computer networks, feel free to contact Daniel Parker for consultancy.

A search of the internet for the term ‘antivirus software’ will turn up numerous respectable antivirus programs that can be used, some of them even free for home users. Regardless of which program you use, make sure it is kept up-to-date on a daily basis. Keep your installed software updated. The Microsoft products can be addressed by using the Automatic Updates software however, we’d recommend contacting your computer administrator on how to best configure your settings. Use a spam filtering service for your email. It reduces the amount of junk mail that comes into your network reducing the chances of a user accidently opening an infected attachment.

If users are not accustomed to installing software, they will be less likely to accidentally install an affected program if prompted to do so. Additionally, if the users do not need to be installing software, IT administrators can lock down the PCs to further reduce the chance of an infected program being installed. Using open DNS is also a very good option.  The service also maintains its own list of blocked sites to help protect users from going to a site that is known to be infected or contain malicious content.