2nd July
Motherboards and Hardware Dennis Parkes
16th July
School Teachers to talk about computers in the
Education environment
To be arranged
6th August
DVD & Wireless Internet Dennis Linzmaier
20th August
Annual Barbecue Bob & David Groom
3rd September
Digital Photography Roger Brown
17th September
Beginner’s Guide to Web Programming David Groom
1st October
Networking Mike Collins
15th October
Broadband Dennis Linzmaier
Dennis Linzmaier presenting a talk on Multi-monitors at the Riverside Centre
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As well as Norton AntiVirus from Symantec
(www.symantec.com), recommended
packages include McAfee VirusScan
(www.mcafee.com), PC-Cillin
(www.antivirus.com), Kaspersky AntiVirus
(www.kasperskylab.co.uk). Installing
antivirus software is not enough, however: new
viruses are released all the time, so your
program must be kept up to date.
Hardware firewalls are available for
individual users in the form of Norton Personal
Firewall (www. symantec.com), BlackICE
Defender (www.networkice.com), McAfee
Personal Firewall (www.mcafee.com), or
ZoneAlarm (www.zonelabs.com). The latter is
even available as a free version, so there really
is no excuse not to run a firewall.
Finally, another external threat – arguably a
less malicious one, even though its
consequences can be equally devastating –
comes from the electricity supply that powers
your PC. While surges, spikes, blackouts and
brownouts are less of a problem in the UK than
the USA, it still remains that rapid variations in
electricity can cause data loss. And never
underestimate the ability of lightning to knock
out a modem at the very least if it strikes a
telephone cable. Cheap surge protectors are
available from Belkin:-
(www.belkin.com), although these only
protect your computer from a power spike; an
uninterruptible power supply (UPS), such as
the Back-UPS range from APC:-
(www.apc.com), also provides emergency
power in the event of failure. Also see:-
Liebert PowerSure (www.smartups.com).
Safety first
How, then, do you prevent your PC from
crashing in the first place? Ontrack’s Johnson
believes that safe computing is relatively easy:
“Protecting your computer is like maintaining
your car. Today’s PCs are built so well that the
thing you need to pay most attention to is the
environment it is running in – whether there is
air conditioning to cool it down. Also, check
your backup is up to date and validated, and
that you’re running antivirus software. Those
are the three main things. It’s pretty
simple really.” Symantec’s Post agrees: “Safe
computing is like providing your immune
system with a vaccine to protect it at certain
entry points.”
Our thanks to PC Advisor Magazine for this
article
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