Is your business secure? It may not be. Many unscrupulous individuals are operating online looking for new ways to exploit honest people. As an internet user you may fall victim to these attacks and if you don’t know how to secure your business then you may be losing money and your customers.
These unscrupulous individuals may mean harm to your business but that won’t prevent them from trying. What will prevent them from succeeding is your failure to secure your business. That is what these individuals want. To be able to succeed they need you to publish their e-mail address. When you do, you are telling them that they can reach you and that you are there. That’s a free e-mail service. When you don’t secure your address, the same people that came to your door knock also can come knocking on your door. But instead of coming to your home they come to your computer, which is more secure. They then tell you that you need to download a certain software in order to make your computer run more efficiently. Maybe it’s a virus scanner. They tell you that the software will make your computer faster. Once you download the software, you let them know that your computer is now clean; otherwise, you wouldn’t have gotten the free software in the first place. Clean running faster? Is that possible?
If you are lucky enough, you have installed an antivirus program that is providing you the protection you need. If you don’t have an antivirus program, then you really need one. Even if you have one, you need to update it. There are hackers who are constantly looking for new viruses that they can use to gain access to your computer. When you don’t update your antivirus program, it is opening up your computer to attack.
Why do you need to update your antivirus program? If you don’t, you are leaving yourself vulnerable to new viruses that are created. Some of these new viruses are created specifically for the year 2009. That is such a new for us. It is hard to believe that this is happening in your business. Even if your business is not that small, you should still be protected. Every small business owner should have the right to conduct business unmolested.
One of the most common viruses is called malware. No doubt, it is hard to imagine how this virus got there. But it is important to know that this is the work of certain individuals who have the ability to make this virus their job. They can code the code to do whatever they want with other people’s information. For example, they can code that your computer has a virus and you need to download software in order to protect it from infection.
Malware is such a broad term that it does not define what it means. So, now you want to define it for yourself. Different forms of the same virus are called different types of malicious software. Most of them may be able to Code in a file to your computer and reinstall the operating system. But, once installed, they may infect your system again when you re-boot.
It is important to update your antivirus program not only when there is a new virus that is threat able to attack your business (or your computer). An antivirus program that is not updated may not be able to detect, nor is it able to remove, the threat.
One of the best ways to protect your business is to find a program that is just what you want it to be. Then update it regularly. This is a must for your business.
