How to protect computer from virus ?

Viruses and malwares(various types of computer damaging programs) are only things which a computer user doesn’t want in his computer. Viruses damage thousands of GB data every month all over the world. A virus or malware may be so dangerous that it can reveal your confidential details such as bank details to someone else.

In this article I will teach you How you can protect your computer from files which you suspect as virus or malware.

Before we can discuss about powerful and useful way of preventing existence of virus in computer, we have to know how they works ?

How computer virus work ?

It will be very complicated and difficult to understand How virus work, in computer language. So to make you understand the functioning of Viruses easily, I will tell you how they work in common man’s language.

A virus is a computer program which attach itself to other programs and lead to corruption or data loss in the computer. A virus, after getting executed once makes it’s own copies and spread all over the computer and corrupt the data or damage it in a way, in which it is programmed to do so.

How to protect computer from virus and other threats ?

Virus and other computer threats such as malware get activated only when they are executed. The best way to prevent execution of virus and protect computer from it is to never run suspicious files but this is not a convenient way since it will end up with preventing you from running every new file which you downloaded or someone gave you.

So, the other best way to prevent execution of Virus and protect computer from Virus and malware is to use Sandbox.

What is Sandbox and how it works ?

Sandbox is useful in running and testing untrusted, suspicious, or under developing programs. It creates a virtual environment where the program of your choice gets executed and you can observe the output generated by it. So, if you run any virus in any sandbox program then it will execute in an virtual safe environment and not in your computer. In this way your computer becomes secure from suspicious untrusted programs which infact are viruses.

If you want to learn more about Sandbox then you may refer to Wikipedia, world’s largest encyclopedia.

How to secure computer from viruses and other threats through Sandbox ?

Now you must have make out how you can use Sandbox software programs to secure your computer from viruses. Now you must wondering How to implement it ?

To safeguard your computer from viruses and malwares, downloadBufferZone Pro, a free Sandbox software program. Install BufferZone Pro in your computer and restart your computer. That’s it, now if you download any new program or your friend gave some new stuff and you suspect it as virus or a threat to your computer then just right click on the program and select Run in BufferZone.

I hope you enjoyed this article. If you have any question or stuck somewhere or want to share your experience, feel free to leave your comment.