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Ever Get Annoyed Paying Expensive Bills On Computer Damages Done By Crippling Pop-ups, Viruses, Spyware, & Spam?
If your computer has access to the internet and e-mail, then it may be only a matter of time before you fall victim to a malicious spyware program, virus, worm, or hacker. Every day we get customers coming in who are experiencing computer problems due to these threats, and it is only getting worse.
What is even more frustrating is that many of these computer users are back in my repair shop a few days or weeks later with the EXACT same problems and end up having to spend ANOTHER heavy fee for restoring their computer back to normal.
Imagine having these kinds of problem with your restaurant. Your POS systems being infiltrated, damaged and completely destroyed by viruses and worms. You absolutely have no way of protecting your restaurant POS system if you do not take extra precautions.
The Three Dangerous Threats You Should Look Out For
One of the deadly aspects of online threats is their ability to cloak their existence. Hackers and other programmers who code malicious spyware and malware programs really exert vast amount of effort just to create harmful programs that are difficult to identify and remove.
This can mean that malicious computer programs can directly be downloaded and work its dirty tricks on your system before you even know it. Below are the two most common threats you’ll need to guard against with a brief explanation of what they {are|are and how you acquire them}:
Spyware: Spyware is a type of computer program that is hidden from you, it obtains data and other activities you do on the interenet without your knowledge, then reports such data back to a third party. Sometimes advertisers uses this sneaky program to secretly monitor their customers’ activities. So Better becareful on what website you visit before clicking on that “download” button.
Most spyware finds its way onto your computer via file downloads including free programs, music files, and screen savers. While you think you are only downloading a legitimate program to add smileys to your e-mails, you are unknowingly also downloading loads of spyware programs.
Malware: Malware is the combination of the words malicious and software, and represents all programs, viruses, Trojans, and worms that have malicious intent to damage or disrupt a system causes inconvenience to the user. A malware is a program designed to be used for malicious intent and it’s harder to remove and will try to fight back when you try to clean it from your system. In some extreme cases, we have had to completely wipe out all of the information on the computers’ hard disk and start with a complete re-install of the operating system. Frequently, malware is also designed to send itself from your e-mail account to all the friends and colleagues in your address book without your knowledge or consent.
Hackers: These are programmers for whom computing is its own reward, has the habit of breaking into other people’s computer just for the sheer fun of it but causes no harm. But today, hackers are widely known as evil programmers who loves to modify your files, cause damage to your system and even design the spyware and malware programs to attack your computer.
So if you’re a restaurant or any other retail establishment owner, having no kind of security for your POS systems at all, then your system is surely one of the easiest targets.
Some of them may have criminal intent and use these programs to steal money from individuals and companies. Some have a grudge against your software vendor and take their revenge by attacking their customers. While others do it purely for fun. Whatever the reason, these evil programmers are getting more intelligent and sophisticated in their ability to infiltrate computer systems and networks.
Here Four Simple Steps You Can Take To Secure Your Computer From Malicious Attacks
1. Keep an up-to-date anti-virus software running at all times. You will want to make sure it it auto scan and has an update feature that will make sure your computer is using the most current protection available and regularly scanning for threats.
2. You may want to consider using an alternative browser to Microsoft Internet Explorer like the Mozilla Firefox. Hackers have figured out ways to access and easily download malicious programs to your computer via a security hole in Internet Explorer. What is amazing about this is that you don’t even have to click on anything or download a program to get infected. You are easily attacked if you have an older version of Windows such as Windows 98.
Mozilla Firefox is a completely free web browser that does not have the same security problems as IE. Many of my clients even report back that they mostly prefer using the Mozilla Firefox browser than Internet Explorer browser. Migrating from IE to Firefox is a simple and a cost-free way to add more protection to your computer. If you want to download the Mozilla browser, visit www.mozilla.org.
3. Don’t] open suspicious looking e-mails or attachments. Because most viruses replicates through e-mails you receive from anonymous accounts, and even from your friends. If it looks suspicious, delete it immediately!
4. Set up a firewall. A firewall is simply a device that acts as a buffer between you and the big, wild world of the Internet. Many users will just get a DSL or cable Internet connection and plug it without a firewall.
Always remember that the internet is an open field where you are vulnerable from all sorts of things that may come in your way. You have access to the world, but on the flip side, the world has access to YOU. There are special programs developed by hackers that they use to scan the Internet automatically for computers with no firewall. Once they find one, they access your computer, download vicious programs, and can even use YOUR computer to send viruses to your friends and other computers, all without your knowledge or consent.
It only takes one click of a mouse to gain easy access to your restaurant POS system, collect all customer or employee data, destroy your computer system, and sends out infected emails to your customers and friends using your email account! It will surely be the end of your hard work, a huge waste of money on the restaurant POS solutions you’ve bought, and possibly the downfall of your business if you let this things happen to you.
Michael Tash of POS-For-Restaurants, is the author and Vice President of Customer Relations for POS-For-Restaurants.com. With over 20 years of restaurant experience, POS-For-Restaurants.com helps you use your technology to be more efficient and more profitable.
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