The first step to being safe is never use a pendrive without scanning for viruses.
We are living in an age of cyberwar. Without your knowledge your computer might have been infected and remotely being controlled by a hacker. There's also the danger of data in laptop being accessed by cyber thieves. Here are a few simple ways to know if your computer has been infected:
* The PC slows down, even when you haven't loaded lots of data in it.
* Suddenly a browser or a popup window launches itself, without you having done anything. Even if you close them, they open by themselves.
*Security ads pop up, warning you of your laptop getting infected and asking your to download security software.
*You are redirected to a site which wasn't your destination.
*Your friend tells you about an email that's unlike the one you send. Or social network shows posts you never posted.
The first step to being safe is never use a pendrive without scanning for viruses.
Two, never click a link unless you know it's genuine. Treat forwarded emails and links on social networks with scepticism. Test the link if it's safe by typing out URL on safeweb.norton.com/ or siteadvisor.com/
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