Malware

What is available for the consumer to keep his or her computer locked down and protected from cybercriminals?

1. If you are fortunate, you have a relative or friend who will help you. Unfortunately, there is a limit to how long that will last…soon you get a busy signal.
2. Have your credit card in hand, and call your computer protection company. I hope that you have a speakerphone so you can work as you wait, which may be as long as an hour or more. Also, be prepared to spend a minimum of thirty-dollars an hour if not four to five dollars per minute. What we have found in this type of situation is that most people wait until the last minute because they know the hassles and the substantial costs involved. Handling the situation like this is not a proactive method.
3. The next step is to unplug all your cables and haul your PC into the repair shop. Be prepared to spend much more than you thought and to leave it much longer than you anticipated. [Before subscribing to a fully managed PC service, I used to follow this procedure and it typically ended up back in the shop for more time if not more money as well].
4. I already alluded to what I use and what The CyberHood Watch partners recommend, and that is a totally Managed Internet Security Service (MISS). What if I told you, whenever you wanted, as often as you wanted, you could call your personal team of security professional technicians, U.S. based, and have them remotely access your computer to fix any security problem you were experiencing. How proactive would you be then? Whenever your computer blinked funny, you could call your security tech, sit back and have them check it out - and while they are there - go ahead, do a security check-up, and make sure everything is in order. If you wanted, you could call once in the morning and once in the evening - that is 720 service calls - is having that worth less than ten dollars a month?

Finally, Managed Internet Security for the general public makes so much sense for anyone who would rather enjoy the Internet safely and not worry about becoming an IT security expert.

Cybercriminals, hackers, predators, pedophiles, and nefarious individuals are looking to dump malware on your computer for all their illegal activities. Did you know that if your computer is hacked and used as a platform to send out spam or child pornography, you are responsible? You will be arrested and charged. When it comes to your computer, you are guilty until proven innocent. Think it won't happen to you? It will and it has happened to many parents, children, and other innocent individuals.

You put your family at risk when you allow them access to the Internet without properly securing your PCs and educating your children about the risks of the Internet.

A good managed Internet security service will:

1. Provide a deep-grade professional scan and find problems that exist on your hard drive. Chances are good there is something already on your hard drive that is a potential risk.
2. Provide Enterprise or professional grade security software and installation - not the off-the-shelf big box retailer security software.
3. Remove the trash from your Registry - A good tune up for optimizing your hard drive for maximum speed.
5. Provide bi-hourly updates, not once a week, like most other updates, for anti-spyware and anti-virus definitions.
6 .Provide someone to show you how, or do it for you on how to use your bi-directional firewall.
7. Provide unlimited technical support with real-time access hook-up to your PC to resolve any problems.