Basic PC (Personal Computer) Guide Part 1
The computer is today a necessity for everyone, from businessmen, professionals, students, the unemployed and even housewives; everyone has a need for computers. There are basically two types of computers; laptops and personal computers. However whatever the brand and type your computer is, be sure to take proper care of it so that it can serve you longer.
There are things you can do to prolong both the hardware and software of the computer. The software is most vulnerable to viruses, malware and overloading of the computer, this is why it is important to run the defragmenter utility at least once a month.
Once you defragment a computer, you can be sure that all your files are in the right place and in the process you help improve the computer’s speed. It is quite natural that you will be installing and downloading lots of software on your computer.
Use the Disk Cleanup Utility occasionally
And while you install and uninstall software, there are going to be lots of unwanted files remaining in temporary and system folders on the hard-drive. Clean this up by running your Disk Cleanup utility once in a while. This is easy to do; just click on Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and then finally, Dick Cleanup.
The next thing you have to do to your computer is to scan it for viruses which can make your computer run slower or even not at all. To do this, have a good virus scanner installed such as Norton, McAfee or AVG.
However it is not sufficient to just install a virus scanner; with new viruses emerging on the internet every second, you have to keep updating the virus scanner to ensure it eliminates even these new viruses.
Keep scanning the computer for malware
Next in line in the computer software maintenance is to scan the computer for malware. This malware can be anything from adware and spyware, to Trojan horses. All this malware enters the computer while surfing the internet, without you actually knowing and it can play havoc with your computer.
This spyware is not only dangerous because they may slow down the computer; they also collect vital information you have on your PC without your knowledge. And all this personal information of yours that the spyware detects is reported to its owner.
This means that any bank account information, social security numbers, other such private information and even secret passwords on your computer falls in the hands of this person.