How to avoid virus ?

If we follow some simple safety measures,we can easily protect our computers from getting corrupted by viruses.For this keep the following tips in mind:

• First of all you must prepare yourself against viruses by knowing about their symptoms,behaviour,general working and their common source of origin.
• On a regular basis collect information about the alteast virus threats.You can find such informationfrom websites like www.s-cop.com and www.symantec.com.
• Never download files from unfamiliar or doubtful websites.
• Do not open nay suspicousor unfamiliar email.Simple delete it.
• Maintain a seperate folder for downloading files from the Internet.Once the download is complete,scan the folder with an anti-virus software.Once the scan is complete,move the file to some other location on your computer.
• Scan your computer thoroughly on a regular basis and never stop the scanning operations in the middle.
• Update your anti-virus software regularly fro the Internet to empower it against new viruses.
• Always scan a floppy disk before using it because it may also contain viruses.
• Take a regular back-ups of files so that a possible damage is minimized if a virus attack does occur.
• Create strong passwords so that virus could not guess the password and breach the security settings of your computer.
• Maintain a strict security level for browsing the internet.
• Remove files having extension .TMP and .CHK regularly.