Some Tips on how to prevent "Viruses" from entering your System

Some people may encounter several problems regarding computer viruses. actually, it depends upon the user on how he/she accesses files, whether from the internet or from a local network and even from a portable device.

some viruses are generated through reckless accessing of files inside portable drives. some viruses are generated when a certain file is accessed through double clicking. me and my fellow I.C.T students experienced some of this problems regarding computer virus, and yet we learned a lot of lesson. if we commit to do a wrong step in accessing our important files it always turns out to be ridiculous.

now, I don't want you to be a part of this problem. so I'm sharing some stuff that we know.

below are steps on how to prevent virus from entering you system.

i used a situation wherein the user is accessing a file from a portable drive that came from other unsecured computer. this may not work on some other viruses but will surely help you and lessen the threat of virus interference.

this is both to prevent the virus inside the foreign computer from entering your portable device and preventing virus from entering into you PC due to file access from portable device.

recommended: scan your device first.

this tip is used to double your security from viruses especially when your virus scanner is not updated.


1.


after you plugged the device to you Universal Serial Bus hub (USB hub) there will be an autorun executed by the computer.

remember: always click cancel!!! do not choose from th option and click OK. CANCEL only.

why: some viruses generate when you choose and operation from the autorun option.



2.


go to MyComputer.



3.


you will see the new device.

remember: do not double click the drive!!!

why: some viruses generate when a device is double clicked. mostly on File Folders.



4.


click "Folders" (see figure)



5.


you will see a window at the side of the main window. now click the device from there. or another option is: right click the device then choose "explore".

remember: not to double click... AGAIN!!!



6.


after you click the device, it will give a drop down list of all the folders inside. choose the folders you want to access from the menu. continue doing it until there is still an existing folder.

remember: do not double click a file folder... AGAIN and AGAIN!!



now there are file folders viewable in the main window but can't be seen in the folders window. why? this folders are application folders that serve as spy ware or somewhat virus generator.

now, how cold you determine that it is really a threat?

select the view option "details". click "type". if the folder isn't in the folder menu and the size is more than 0kb then do not access it.

remember: a valid folder type for a file folder in windows XP is "file folder" and "application" for windows vista. and a file folder has only 0kb, regardless of the content. I'm not sure with windows vista because we don't really give a try on that OS. Vista sucks for us until now. maybe we will use that if we can't hear any glitches anymore. take note, windows vista has several BAD reviews over the internet. i dare you, don't try it. haha

testimonial: after we did the double clicking thing, the task manager was GONE!!!
im not sure what kind of problem you could get from it. but we sure did get the same problem. it has also truncated the scvhost.exe from the system.

so i guess this is it. ill keep this topic updated on new posts if i find new tips.

this is according to our experience.

Always remember to update you virus scanner, even though we have a strong doubt that viruses are made by virus scanner software maker company, it's still a must that you update you scanner. [to get rid their new virus]

LOL