It’s Back to School Time
It’s that time of year that many kids are heading off to college with brand new computers. Often times new computers come bundled with trial versions of an antivirus product. After three to six months the trial expires and the software is no longer updated to protect against the latest threats.
One way to prepare for this is to simply go ahead and install a full version of the security software of your choice. Don’t be fooled into thinking that the trial software is necessarily what the computer manufacturer thinks is the best for you to use. In most cases the reason the trial security software is there is because the company who sells it actually paid the manufacturer to put it on the computer.
It is also a good idea to run the Secunia Personal Software Inspector to make sure that all of your programs are up to date with the latest security patches. It is quite common for a new computer to have software that isn’t current with security patches. These unpatched programs can make it a lot easier to get infected by simply visiting a compromised web page.
Knowing about the latest threats can help you to protect yourself better. To make that task easier you might want to visit the threat blog at http://blog.eset.com/ to keep up to date about the threat landscape.
Randy Abrams
Director of Technical Education
ESET LLC
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