What are the Solutions To Your Computer Security Threats?

Some safeguards(or solutions) to protect a computer system from accidental damage  are described as follows:-

Antivirus is an application software that is used to scan the computer system from an unwanted virus. It is software that is designed to prevent, search for , remove and detect viruses and other malicious software like trojans etc. It consists of computer programs that attempt to identify threats and eliminate computer viruses and other malwares.

i. Avg   

ii. K7 

 iii. McAfee  

 iv. Kaspersky

 v. Quick Heal  

 vi. Norton 

vii. Avast etc.

• Digital Certificate:-

Digital certificate is the attachment to an electronic message used for security purposes. It provides a means of providing your identity in electronic transactions. The common use of a digital certificate is to verify that a user sending a message is who he or she claims to be, and to provide the receiver with the means to encode a reply.

Password is a secret word of characters used for user authentication to prove identity or access approval to gain access to a resource.

A password is typically somewhere between 4-16 characters long. It depends on how the computer system is setup. When a password is entered into a computer system, the computer system is careful not to display screen, in case others might see it.

1.Strong Password :- It is difficult to break. It is a combination of  symbols and alphabets.

2.Weak Password:- It is easily to remember and easily to break it.

Firewall is a software based on hardware and it is used to help in keeping a network secure. It's primary objective is to control the computer from incoming or outgoing network traffic by analysing the data packets and determine whether it should be allowed through it or not, based on a predetermined rule set.

A network firewall builds a bridge between an internal network that is assumed to be secure and trusted. A firewall also includes a proxy server that makes network requests on behalf of workstation users.

Most of the file systems have methods of assigning access or permissions rights to specific user and group of users. These system controls the ability of the users to view or make changes to the contents of the file system. File access permission refers to privileges that allow a user to read write and exex=cute files in a computer system.

If you have write permission, you can only modify or remove the contents of the file. In case of directory you can add or delete contents to the files of the directory.

If you have read permission, you can only see the contents of the file. In case of directory access means the user can read the contents of the file in a computer system.

If you have execute permission of a file in a computer system , you can only execute a  file. In case of directory you must have execute access to the bin directory on order to execute it or cd commands.

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