3) If you no longer need it, get rid of it! For more on these rules, check out this blog post. In short, 1) If you didn’t go looking for it, don’t install it 2) If you installed, update it. Your mileage may vary.įollow Krebs’s 3 Basic Rules for online safety, and you will drastically reduce the chances of handing control over your computer to the bad guys. Here are some links to tools and approaches that I have found useful in stopping malware from invading a PC.
An important aspect of securing any system is the concept of “defense-in-depth,” or having multiple layers of security and not depending on any one approach or technology to block all attacks.
