Virus prevention- Surfing rules of safety

We already went over the tips about preventing viruses that get onto your computer from fraudulent emails however I forgot to go over viruses from visiting webpage’s either they were compromised or created with the intent of infecting visitors. The following tips will help you surf the web with less chance of contracting a virus as well.
 
Tip #1: Always have Virus and malware software installed and fully updated
This tip comes from the original virus prevention post however this is a great one to have on your side antivirus and programs like it are designed to see any sneaky installations and warn or shut them down making them much safer to surf the web.
 
Tip #2 Use search engines
When trying to surf the web safely the search engine is a powerful tool, since sites that are known to have malware get a huge penalty to their ranking in the search it is very unlikely that a website like this will be able to stay in top ratings for long. This fact allows you to know that top rating searches were clean of viruses and other malware at the time of the last web crawl. This tip can still mean that the site can have these types of dangers appearing recently however it is unlikely that they are Plagued with them given the timing of web crawls.
 
Tip 3: Clean innocent fun
Adult and other sites featuring content not intended for adolescence and children are more likely to have viruses and malware attached to them rather than sites with no such content.
 
Tip #4: Questionably illegal activities
Sites that allow you to pirate programs, movies, or music often become host to viruses riding on the coat tails of the program you are installing; these are known as Trojan viruses. So avoid downloading or viewing anything that is likely to fall into this category.
 
Tip #5:  Stay Safe and Have fun
 
 
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