Why do I need to know how to protect yourself and tighten security?

Why did I get infected in the first place?

You usually get infected because your security settings are too low or you blindly click yes to everything. This article will show you How to protect yourself and tighten security. If you are reading this article as part of a post-infection clear-up, then please be aware that several anti-malware tools that are commonly used by helpers on online help forums reset various windows settings to the default that windows came with. These aren’t always the safest option, but are the default windows options. If you follow the advice below, especially setting “show known file types” you will be much safer and you will have taken the first steps to protect yourself and tighten security.

Here are a number of recommendations that will help to protect yourself and tighten security and which will contribute to making you a less likely victim: