TIPS FOR PROTECTING YOUR COMPUTER FROM HACKERS AND VIRUSES

1. Protect your computer from internet Intruders-- use FIREWALL. Firewalls create a protective wall between your computer and the outside world. Firewalls come into two forms, software firewalls that run on your personal computer and hardware firewalls that protect a number of computer at the same time. They work by filtering out unauthorized or potentially dangerous types of data from the internet, while still allowing other( secure ) data to reach your computer.
2. Use Anti-virus software and keep it up to date. Anti-virus virus software will protect your computer from viruses. When you use Anti-virus software keep it always up to date so that it can work properly.
3. Use Website advisers for example, McAfee adviser. Website advisers will help you in which sites you should enter or in which site you should not. They help you to identify the insecure websites.
4. Do not open email from unknown sources. When you getting email from unknown persons or organization, then be careful about opening the email and any file attached to it. If it seems  suspicious to you then you better to delete it and the file attached to it. Even if you get email strange and unexpected emails from your well known persons, you should delete it if it contains unusual hyperlinks. Your friend may have accidentally send you virus.
5. Before sign up in any website, make sure the site and link is safe and secure. Because if it is the site or link of hackers, they will get your all information after your signing up.
6. Use strong password that is hard to guess. Do not share your password, do not use the same password in more than one place. If someone happen to guess one of your passwords, you do not want them to be able to use it in other places.
7. A password should have minimum 8 characters and mixed cases for example, X5bsT*r6e7R%hn. Change your password regularly.
8. Keep disconnect from Internet when not in use. If you keep Internet connect all time, someone especially hackers can easily get access to your computer.
9. Back up your computer data. Always back up your computer data so that you might loss it in the future. Back up small amount of data on floppy disks and larger amount of data on CD. Most people make weekly backups of all their important data.
10. Make sure that any who shares your computer knows what to do if your computer becomes infected.
11. Check your security on regular basis. When you change your clocks for daylight-savings time, re-evaluate your computer security.
12. Regularly download security protection updates PATCHES.