How To Prevent Your Computer From Viruses And Spyware

There used to be a time when viruses and spyware traveled from floppy-to-floppy. We were strictly advised against using floppies without scanning them and checking for viruses. The Internet gave the viruses and spyware freedom to spread across the globe without human interference. Sometimes when you are surfing the web scores of files are trying to download on your computer and make a residential base there, to either corrupt data or send your critical information to those who seek it.

Since you cannot avoid using the Internet the best option is to keep your anti-virus software perpetually running and up-to-date. Set your anti-virus software to download the latest patches automatically from the vendor websites on a daily basis. The other things you can are:

Don’t visit suspicious websites. These days when you find such websites on Google, Google tells you that the website you are going to visit can harm your computer. Avoid such websites.
Set your anti-virus software to check every incoming email and never open email attachments from unknown people.
Switch to FireFox because it is much more secure than the Internet Explorer and has lots of exciting addons that can enhance your surfing experience.
Continuously download Windows patches (in case you are using the Windows operating system).

This link has a list of tools you can download and install to keep your computer secure from viruses and spyware.