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PREVENTING MALWARE INFECTIONS

Here are some measures that you should follow to minimise the risk of malware infection on your
computer system:
• Install an antivirus program and scan your computer regularly for malware.
• Update your antivirus software regularly.
• Use software from trusted sources only and scan it before
installing.
• Always open email attachments after scanning them.
• Scan files downloaded from the Internet, transferred through
a network, or copied from removable media.
• Install a firewall program to filter incoming and outgoing
messages on a network.
• Adjust the security settings in your browser to ensure
maximum protection from malware.
• Never use pirated software.
• Take regular backups of your files on a separate media.
• Do not reveal personal or financial information on a network.

Knowledge Discovery Subject Enrichment

Firewall is a software, device, or computer that scans each incoming as well as outgoing message on a
network and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria.

ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE
An Antivirus software is a utility software designed to protect the computer from viruses and other
malicious software. It scans the internal memory, hard disk and external media attached to the computer
to identify, isolate and eliminate viruses. It also examines the incoming files for viruses as the computer
receives them.

Some popular antivirus software are Quick Heal Total Security, Norton antivirus, McAfee antivirus, and
Avira antivirus.

Norton antivirus McAfee antivirus Avira antivirus

Knowledge Discovery Subject Enrichment

A virus signature is a continuous sequence of bytes that is common for a
certain malware sample. That means it’s contained within the malware or
the infected file and not in unaffected files. A virus database contains the
virus signatures of all known viruses and signatures and uses it to scan the
computer system for malware.

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