It’s very important to keep up to date and make sure all data is secure. Every time someone gets a new computer you always  make sure your settings are secure and have an antivirus software up and running. Here are the differences between your PC and website.

Virus Protection

PC users have 96%  of anti-viruses on their computer, where as your website has 65%. Everyday websites have been added to this list called Blacklisted, which means if your site gets to many complaints by search engines, it means your carrying too many viruses. Which is not a very good thing for your business. Here are the most destructive viruses that are out their.

• Storm Worm– In 2007, about 200 million emails were carrying links to this virus.
• Leap-A– In 2006, was the first MAC virus.
• Sasser and Netsky– In 2004, they were accounting for about 25% for all viruses online.
• Mydoom– In 2004, about 1 to 12 emails worldwide were to be infected.
• Sapphire– In 2003, was estimated to have $1 billion worth of damages done.

Main rule for having a PC, is always make sure you DO NOT ignore updates that show up on your computer. Those are to help notify you if something is threatening your system and if you had a virus that came across your systems notifications. Making sure you do your updates when they show up or when they are schedule, make sure you do them, or else you risk the chance at having a bad virus and your system crashes.

Main rule for your website, is making sure your websites applications are clean when downloading the latest update when asked to do so. It helps prevent people from hacking your site and adding malicious code and spreading virus throughout your entire site.

Useful Passwords

PC users say that their password is 75% secure that will protect their personal data, and about 50% of small business sites say the same thing. The most common passwords that are used now a days would be

• Numeric System
• Letters
• Uppercase
• Lowercase
• Password entry (name of pet, friend, family member etc)

Best way to ensure a secure password is to have at least one character that has a upper and lower case letter, number and special character. Must contain up to 9 letters used for both PC and Website.

For more information about how to make sure your website is secure and safe contact Windy City Web Designs.