Protecting the Panasonic CF-F8 Toughbook
Having been caught out by virus’s and Malware in the past, I was keen to protect my F8 right from the start.
Given the recent security alterts around Internet Explorer I quickly changed the browser on the F8 to FireFox Version 3. Firefox includes strict anti-phishing and anti-malware measures and has an open source process to include new security updates.Firewall: Windows Firewall
A firewall is an integrated collection of security measures designed to prevent unauthorized electronic access to a networked computer system. It is also a device or set of devices configured to permit, deny, encrypt, decrypt, or proxy all computer traffic between different security domains based upon a set of rules and other criteria.
Click on the Start Button.
- Click on Control Panel
- Click on Security
- Click on Turn Windows Firewall On or Off
- Make sure that the firewall is turned on.
- If you need to change the firewall settings then click on Change settings.
- Make any changes and click OK
Anti Virus Software: Avast!
Avast! is aimed at preventing several types of computer threats, including those that are not technically computer viruses such as spyware and even rogue anti-spyware, and can also make a virus Recovery DataBase which is used to recover files when they are infected (instead of deleting them). The program is available with text and voice translations for 27 languages.
Script Protection: NoScript
Many websites contain scripts, often these are harmless and need to be run, but sometimes these scripts are malicious and install malware on your computer. NoScript gives the choice back to you of if you want a site to be able to run scripts or not. No script will be able to run unless you give it permission to do so, this might sound like a pain but you can set NoScript to always allow scripts from your favourite page…so you can forget about it after you have set it once for your page.
I hope that these steps will be enough to protect my F8 but I’m always looking for further methods of protection.
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