Security "Are you worry?"

Today's technology is high advanced that it takes a multifaceted strategy to fight complex range of security threats, which can no longer be neatly separated into categories. Worms may ride in with spam, and spyware apps may unleash Trojan horses.
You can build your system's defenses with stand-alone anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall products, but running them can be a complicated and expensive task. Also, attempting to install and run a full featured security can be a dauting proposition, especially if the task involves remplacing one vendor's product with another. So, here are 10 tips you can do:

1. Trash your old security software: You should run one anti-virus at a time. Completely unistall one anti-virus and reboot your PC before installing another one. Also, turn Windows' firewall off if you are using another company's firewall.

2. Check your hard drive's health: Is good to run Windows' Chkdsk utility several times before installation to rule out or repair problems with your system's hard drive.

3. Update Windows: Run Windows update to make sure your system is completely up-to-date, before installing any security software.

4. Make an ID Card: In case you need to call tech support, make a record of the install date, serial number, etc.

5. Run an extra anti-spyware, if you wish: It doesn't hurt the system to run an extra spyware, but make sure you are not running both at the same time.

6. Stay Networked: PCs connected to a network, like VPN, may have custom network settings. (Most products have a wizard to do this), so don't worry.

7. Handling printing and file sharing: Your firewall should have predefined profiles that enable this task; if it doesn't, you need to create it manually by getting inside your firewall that permit outbound TCP traffic to port 1023 and inbound traffic to port 139.

8. Document the problem: If a product gives you an indication of a problem, like error message or malware warning, write down exact wording of the entire message, if you can take a screen shot. Also, research the problem on the web, you might find that you might not be the only one with the same problem.

9. Send away the bad stuff: If you find suspicious files or e-mails messages, don't open and investigate them yourself. If you don't know how, send them to your security provider, making sure to follow the proper procedure (Remember, you bought the product and sometimes we don't use this service, but it's good to investigate, you will be surprise what you can find out).

10. Keep the subscription current: Security products are only as effective as their latest update, and updates are typically not provided after your annual subscription expires.