Protect your PC from Virus and Hackers...
These days you can never be too careful when it comes to computer security, and it seems like there are more threats than ever.
Anything from phishing sites stealing your password, to ransomware that encrypts your data is unless you pay's up.
But most of these risks can be minimized if you do the basic things I'm going to go over in this video, and it's not as difficult as you. Now before we get started, I want to thank the sponsor of this video, Storyblocks, who also provided the stock images you just saw, and that I'll also be using in more of this video to help illustrate some points.
With Storyblocks, you'll be able to find all kinds of stock images imagineable, including high quality photos, illustrations, vectors, icons and more. And actually one example is the wallpaper on my desktop right back here now, it's just a cool abstract background I found on there, so there are lots of and you guys are getting a deal, because Storyblocks is giving away 7 days of free access to their library, and yes, you can keep using the images you download forever, because you get a royalty free license with them. So be sure to check that out at Storyblocks.com/YouTube, or click the link in the description, and start downloading today. By far the most important thing you need to do to protect your devices, is to simply keep them up to date.And it's not as hard as you think, just go back to your router settings page, and somewhere in the connection settings you should see where it has an option for DNS, or Static DNS. It's a really standard feature and every router should have it. But if you see something that says Dynamic DNS or 'DDNS', that's something different, don't change that. Anyway, then you just have to put in the 2 server addresses, which in the case of OpenDNS are 08.67.222.222, and 208.67.220.220. In the settings these might be called Primary and Secondary DNS respectively.
This next tip is pretty quick and basic, and hopefully should be obvious, which is to have an antivirus software installed.
And ideally, you want one that has 'real time protection', or something named similar to that.
This is essential, because it will help prevent you from getting infected by viruses in the first place.
When you're browsing the web, you might go on a website that is able to exploit your browser, or even a browser extension, and do a so-called drive by attack. In these cases, without protection, a virus could infect your computer even without you doing anything. Also, it might be on a trustworthy website that was simply compromised itself, so you never know. A good antivirus program, along with the other tips about keeping things up to date, and running as a standard user on Windows, all will make sure you're safe. Alright this next one is something you should be doing no matter what, and NOT just for security. Again, you might be rolling your eyes, but I KNOW that there are a bunch of you that still haven't done it. These days it's easier than ever, with cloud backup services that automatically back everything up online, or you can get an external hard drive and use Windows' built in Ideally you'd actually do both local and online backup, like in the case of Ransomware, a virus might hijack and encrypt your whole computer, and the backup as well. Or if a thief breaks in, or you have a fire or flood, your local backup might be destroyed. Speaking of thieves and hard drives, one thing you should consider is encrypting your hard drive. And this is especially so on a laptop, which you're more likely to lose or forget somewhere, and is easier to steal.
Normally this used to only be for Windows Pro versions, and still technically is, but apparently many laptops and tablets that ship with Windows 10 or Windows 8, have what is called "Windows Device Encryption" enabled by default, or as an option. To see if it's enabled, first go to Settings, then System, and in the About tab, it should mention device encryption and whether it's enabled. If you don't see that anywhere, you can try searching for Bitlocker in the start menu, and accessing the settings there. But again, you might need Windows Pro to use it. Finally, I've got a couple really quick tips to finish up. I've said this one plenty of times, but never connect to Open Wi-Fi hotspots.
If they aren't passworded, they aren't encrypted, which means anyone nearby can intercept your wireless signal and see almost everything you're doing. Also, be aware of online account security, by using different passwords on every website. This is really important, because if a website's database gets breached, and you use the same password for everything, you better believe that hacker is going to have bots running to test out any username and password combinations in the database on all sorts of websites, not just the one that got hacked. Also for accounts, you should enable two-factor authentication when you can, where the website will send you a text with a second code to type in when logging in, so even if someone steals your password, they can't get in...
These days you can never be too careful when it comes to computer security, and it seems like there are more threats than ever.
Anything from phishing sites stealing your password, to ransomware that encrypts your data is unless you pay's up.
But most of these risks can be minimized if you do the basic things I'm going to go over in this video, and it's not as difficult as you. Now before we get started, I want to thank the sponsor of this video, Storyblocks, who also provided the stock images you just saw, and that I'll also be using in more of this video to help illustrate some points.
With Storyblocks, you'll be able to find all kinds of stock images imagineable, including high quality photos, illustrations, vectors, icons and more. And actually one example is the wallpaper on my desktop right back here now, it's just a cool abstract background I found on there, so there are lots of and you guys are getting a deal, because Storyblocks is giving away 7 days of free access to their library, and yes, you can keep using the images you download forever, because you get a royalty free license with them. So be sure to check that out at Storyblocks.com/YouTube, or click the link in the description, and start downloading today. By far the most important thing you need to do to protect your devices, is to simply keep them up to date.And it's not as hard as you think, just go back to your router settings page, and somewhere in the connection settings you should see where it has an option for DNS, or Static DNS. It's a really standard feature and every router should have it. But if you see something that says Dynamic DNS or 'DDNS', that's something different, don't change that. Anyway, then you just have to put in the 2 server addresses, which in the case of OpenDNS are 08.67.222.222, and 208.67.220.220. In the settings these might be called Primary and Secondary DNS respectively.
This next tip is pretty quick and basic, and hopefully should be obvious, which is to have an antivirus software installed.
And ideally, you want one that has 'real time protection', or something named similar to that.
This is essential, because it will help prevent you from getting infected by viruses in the first place.
When you're browsing the web, you might go on a website that is able to exploit your browser, or even a browser extension, and do a so-called drive by attack. In these cases, without protection, a virus could infect your computer even without you doing anything. Also, it might be on a trustworthy website that was simply compromised itself, so you never know. A good antivirus program, along with the other tips about keeping things up to date, and running as a standard user on Windows, all will make sure you're safe. Alright this next one is something you should be doing no matter what, and NOT just for security. Again, you might be rolling your eyes, but I KNOW that there are a bunch of you that still haven't done it. These days it's easier than ever, with cloud backup services that automatically back everything up online, or you can get an external hard drive and use Windows' built in Ideally you'd actually do both local and online backup, like in the case of Ransomware, a virus might hijack and encrypt your whole computer, and the backup as well. Or if a thief breaks in, or you have a fire or flood, your local backup might be destroyed. Speaking of thieves and hard drives, one thing you should consider is encrypting your hard drive. And this is especially so on a laptop, which you're more likely to lose or forget somewhere, and is easier to steal.Normally this used to only be for Windows Pro versions, and still technically is, but apparently many laptops and tablets that ship with Windows 10 or Windows 8, have what is called "Windows Device Encryption" enabled by default, or as an option. To see if it's enabled, first go to Settings, then System, and in the About tab, it should mention device encryption and whether it's enabled. If you don't see that anywhere, you can try searching for Bitlocker in the start menu, and accessing the settings there. But again, you might need Windows Pro to use it. Finally, I've got a couple really quick tips to finish up. I've said this one plenty of times, but never connect to Open Wi-Fi hotspots.
If they aren't passworded, they aren't encrypted, which means anyone nearby can intercept your wireless signal and see almost everything you're doing. Also, be aware of online account security, by using different passwords on every website. This is really important, because if a website's database gets breached, and you use the same password for everything, you better believe that hacker is going to have bots running to test out any username and password combinations in the database on all sorts of websites, not just the one that got hacked. Also for accounts, you should enable two-factor authentication when you can, where the website will send you a text with a second code to type in when logging in, so even if someone steals your password, they can't get in...
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