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How They Attack How They Do Damage How To Defend Yourself
Viruses
Viruses

Computer viruses can do many malicious things to your PC ranging from deleting financial records to destroying irreplaceable personal files such as photos and music.

Viruses can replicate, not only making life on your PC miserable but also infecting others that you communicate with, whether you know it or not!

With new viruses spawning every hour, weekly or daily updates are not enough to protect your PC.

Don't open email from unknown sources.

Don't access downloaded files that you are not familiar with.

Use Defender Pro Anti–Virus which scans your PC to keep you 100% safe.

Get Defender Pro live viruses updates every hour for maximum protection.

Spyware
Spyware

Stops you from making changes to your computer. Your personal settings that control your user experience, privacy, or system security are all at the mercy of spyware.

Spyware uses your PC’s system resources to collect, use, and distribute your personal or otherwise sensitive information to cyber thugs.

Spyware can affect your household network performance, slowing down your whole family’s online activities

Do your best to not surf websites of questionable nature.

Use Defender Pro Anti–Spythat employs an unprecedented dual attack method which finds and removes spying and malicious advert–displaying programs from your computer.

Defender Pro Anti–Spy performs scheduled scans of common internet files that are downloaded to ensure spyware is not secretly being installed on your PC.

Malware
Malware

One of millions of software programs deliberately created to perform an unauthorized and often harmful action such as hi-jacking your browser or worst case scenario, creating the "Blue screen of Death".

Be aware of where you surf; some fake sites look like real sites to steal your information.

Protect yourself from unauthorized breaking and entering from the internet.

Use Defender Pro Firewall which provides complete protection from hacker attacks by scanning any network traffic to and from your computer.

Defender Pro Firewall will alert you to unauthorized access to the Internet so you are aware of what programs are communicating when they should not be.

Identity Theft
Identity Theft

Identity theft is today’s top consumer fraud complaint.

From criminal hackers to poor security of financial data, ID Theft is growing at an alarming rate.

Unless you know how to protect yourself, you could end up paying for criminals’ shopping using your personal information.

Check your financial statements at least once a month.

Keep financial record in a safe place or destroy records no longer needed.

Use Defender Pro ID Theft Protector easy–to–use tools, resources and templates that reduce your risk and maximize recovery.

Defender Pro ID Theft Protector guides you through a step–by–step process of gathering and storing all your personal account information in a safe, secure encrypted database.

Defender Pro ID Theft Protector provides you with the latest information on email and Internet methods used by identity thieves.

Sluggish Computer Performance
Sluggish Computer Performance

Surfing the internet fills your PC up with all kinds of unwanted files.

General lack of maintenance can rob your computer of performance over time.

Don't access downloaded files that you are not familiar with.

Do your best to not surf websites of questionable nature.

Use Defender Pro PC Repair to keep your machine clean and running at peak efficiency.

Use Defender Pro Drive Defragger to keep your hard drive running efficiently.

Email Spam
Email Spam

Spam is the equivalent of physical junk mail and unsolicited telemarketing phone calls.

It's a BIG nuisance to computer users for both home and business wasting 5% of your time every week!

Many spam emails are nothing more than carriers of email viruses, phishing schemes and other sorts of malware you don't want.

Don't reply to spam email; this lets spammers know your email address is a valid target.

Don't open email from unknown sources.

Email users worldwide use Defender Pro Anti–Spam to block millions of unwanted spam email messages so ONLY the email you want gets through.

Almost all spam emails are blocked by Defender Pro Anti–Spam.

Personal Data Loss
Personal Data Loss

Personal photos and videos once lost can be expensive and sometimes impossible to retrieve.

Personal music which has taken many hours of collecting can be a hassle and costly to replace.

Financial files and other important documents can be time–consuming or impossible to re–collect.

Keep 2 copies of all personal financial and important data.

Make a hard copy of sensitive data and keep it in a safe secure location.

Use Defender Pro Data Burner to easily place copies of all your personal data to CDs.

System Crash
System Crash

Unstable system interruptions can cause data loss when you least expect it.

Unreliable system performance can lead to aggravation and significant downtime.

Without a reliable backup, getting a repaired system back to normal can take a lot of time and effort.

Make a system backup of your computer system when it is healthy.

Making a system backup of your system when it is set up the way you like it makes restoration easy when disaster occurs.

Utilize Defender Pro PC Backup to create a perfect copy of your system before disaster strikes.

Use Defender Pro PC Recovery to restore your system to your known working environment after disaster strikes to get you up and running as quickly as possible!.

Phishing Attack
Phishing Attack

Many spam emails are nothing more than carriers of email viruses, phishing schemes and other sorts of malware you don’t want.

Fake websites are waiting for you to enter your information.

Stolen information can lead to loss of ID, money and much more!

Do your best to not surf websites of questionable nature.

Be aware of where you surf; some fake sites look like real site to get your information.

Use Defender Pro Anti–Scam to protect yourself against fake sites.

Unnecessary
Unnecessary Pre-Installed "Trial Software"

New PC's often have pre–installed software that updates over the internet unnecessarily.

Testing and uninstalling this pre-installed "trial software" doesn't always completely remove it.

Incomplete uninstallations can lead to software conflicts and performance degradation.

Only test trial software from vendors you trust to be safe.

Read the EULA agreements of software to know *exactly* what the software will install.

Use Defender Pro Uninstaller before installing new software to keep an accurate log of what is installed; during the uninstall all the components will be completely removed.

Unprotected Sensitive Data
Unprotected Sensitive Data

Data on your PC is naturally open for anyone who logs on to read and use at any time.

Family, friends & strangers who hack your PC can view any and all of your personal data.

Opening private, sensitive or confidential data on your PC is as easy as surfing the web.

Do not place sensitive personal data in the default public folders like “Desktop” or “My Documents”.

Make more specific folders within public folders that can only be viewed with your login.

Use Defender Pro File Encryption to securely encrypt your private data so ONLY you can open and access it.

Internet Browsers Tracking Your Activity
Internet Browsers Tracking Your Activity

Most web browsers leave a trace of what website you have visited.

Most web servers you visit keep track of what sites you’ve visited and where you are geographically from.

Websites can use this information to advertise or plant malware on your PC.

Do your best to not surf websites of questionable nature.

Use Defender Pro Private Surf to hide where you are surfing from and clear "internet tracks" you might be leaving on your PC.

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