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If you never exchange disks with anyone else, only buy software
from major companies and do not exchange information via modem,
your risk of being infected is relatively minimal (although not nonexistent).
Unfortunately, that is a very limiting way to use a computer. You should
regularly check your computer for viruses (not all viruses act immediately,
some are set to engage when a function is performed or when a specific
date and time arrives). There are programs designed for checking for virus-
es on your system and eliminating those viruses if found.
If you have been making regular back-ups of your data, you should be
able to survive infection by a virus with minimal damage. If you use your
modem to upload and download files regularly, you should be sure that you
are checking the files for viruses. Many antivirus programs will check files
as they are received by the modem, this can include checking information
as it is accessed from the World Wide Web.
If your system is infected with a virus, you will usually need to boot from a
bootable floppy disk or CD-ROM/R/RW that you are sure is free of infec-
tion. You should consider carrying a write-protected boot disk with your
computer, to allow for a clean boot wherever you might be using your
system.
Passwords/System Security
There are a number of opportunities that you will have to use passwords
to protect your system or your data. Keep in mind that a good password
should be easy to remember, but should not be a word or number that
could easily be guessed or that might be easily discovered in your other
possessions. A good password should also be as long as possible (within
the limits of your password utility) and should contain a combination of
numbers and letters (and non-alphanumeric characters-such as punctuation
marks-where permissible).
The password protection available to you includes:
BIOS password protection: You can set this password to restrict access
to your hard drive at bootup or at entry into the BIOS Setup program. This
Chapter 8: Configuring & Maintaining Your System
8.15
New viruses come along
frequently. You should
update your virus software
regularly (most virus software
manufacturers have an update
service) to keep your system
secure from new viruses.
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