Good Practices For Protecting Data
- Regularly backup important files, documents and emails.
- Do not use the administrator account for day-to-day activities.
- Keep software up-to-date with the latest versions.
- Keep antivirus and antispyware up-to-date with latest versions.
- Use different passwords
- Disable auto run feature from USB flash drives. Some viruses, specially worms, spread automatically through USB flash drives
- Always connect to the Internet behind a firewall
- When in doubt, throw it out
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