Optimal
Antivirus Protection: You Can Do It
Once you have decided on the right Total security suite,
there are a few more things you can do yourself to optimally protect yourself
against malware:
Always keep your antivirus and operating systems up to date.
Updates should be installed as soon as they are released in order to close
security gaps.
Be suspicious of unknown senders, strange URLs, and free
offers that you haven't explicitly requested. Unfortunately, typographical
errors are only the tip of the fraud iceberg - professional hackers sometimes
send very real-looking emails from your bank, for example. If you are asked to
enter personal data, it is best to delete the e-mail immediately.
Use strong passwords made up of numbers, lowercase, and
uppercase letters. Don't use the same password everywhere, even if it's
convenient.
How to
Detect and remove malware
Hackers are always finding new ways to smuggle malware onto
a computer. For this purpose, e-mails are sent, supposedly useful programs are
offered for download, or security gaps in already installed software are
exploited. Among the viruses, Trojans and ransomware are particularly feared.
How to recognize this malware and how to remove it:
Detect and
remove Trojans
The Trojan got its name from the Greek myth of the same
name: Greeks besieged the city of Troy and smuggled a large, wooden horse in
which soldiers were hiding into the city, which could later be attacked and
defeated from within. The malware also makes use of this trick: You download
supposedly useful software, a picture, or another e-mail attachment to your
computer. If you run the virus on your computer, the Trojan will install
various malware: Keyloggers record your keystrokes so that, for example,
passwords can be read. Sniffers are "scouts" who analyze data on a
computer or tablet.
In order to protect yourself against a Trojan, you should,
in addition to using an up-to-date antivirus program, also be careful with
attachments in e-mails from senders you do not know. Warnings and invoices as
well as dubious offers by e-mail should make you sit up and take notice. If the
Windows extensions .docx or .zip appear in the name of e-mail attachments, this
also indicates a Trojan. If Protegent or another virus protection
program detects a Trojan, it sounds like an alarm and usually removes it
automatically.
Detect and
remove spyware
A Trojan horse can bring spyware onto your PC: These software spies on your users and keystrokes. The term browser hijacker is a program that
manipulates your web browser and creates shortcuts on your desktop. Signs of
malware on your computer are, for example, pop-up windows with advertisements,
a new homepage in your browser that cannot be changed, search results from
Google and Co. are displayed strangely, and new icons simply appear on your
desktop. In addition, updates are simply canceled by your antivirus program and
entries are deleted from the firewall. By the way: Adware is often equated with
spyware. However, this is only partly true, because adware is also used to
display advertising and to collect user data, but it often does not pursue any
criminal intent. Spyware aims to steal data. So adware is the more harmless
version and, strictly speaking, is not malware. Of course, these programs can
still be disturbing and undesirable. You remove adware the same way you remove
spyware.
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