We are living in an age of cyberwar. Without your knowledge your computer might have been infected and remotely being controlled by a hacker.
There’s also the danger of data in laptop being accessed by cyber thieves. Here are a few simple ways to know if your computer has been infected:
1. The PC slows down, even when you haven’t loaded lots of data in it.
2. Suddenly a browser or a popup window launches itself, without you having done anything. Even if you close them, they open by themselves.
3. Security ads pop up, warning you of your laptop getting infected and asking your to download security software.
4. You are redirected to a site which wasn’t your destination.
5. Your friend tells you about an email that’s unlike the one you send. Or social network shows posts you never posted.
The first step to being safe is never use a pendrive without scanning for viruses.
Two, never click a link unless you know it’s genuine. Treat forwarded emails and links on social networks with scepticism. Test the link if it’s safe by typing out URL on safeweb.norton.com/ or siteadvisor.com/
