Free and easy things you can do to help protect your PC

The number one problem people have with their computers seems to be malicious software infecting their system, right? Right.

Good news! There are free solutions to help you stay protected from unwanted jackassery in your system.

Solution number one is a feature built into Windows 7 called Malicious Software Removal Tool but we'll call it MRT for short.

The simplest way to find it is cruising on down to your start button (the little blue one with the windows flag on it... yeah that one.)



Once you get through this part of it, the rest is simple (Which if you consider that difficult, perhaps you should just step away from the keyboard).



As the above screenshot shows, THIS IS NOT MEANT TO REPLACE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE. It's mostly to give you an extra piece of armor. The more you scan the safer you'll be with or without antivirus software.

Two clicks later you're scanning!




The next thing you can do to help build your almost impenetrable fortress of solitude is check out Malwarebytes Anti-Malware or MBAM. There are a couple of crap websites out there impersonating the actual website so here's a screenshot that shows the legit website so you know where you're going.



Mbam is a pretty decent program and its free! Well kind of. Its free for its basic functions like scanning but you have to pay for it to get all the fancy stuff like real time protection.

Short of having legitimate antivirus software (good luck finding some)these solutions should at least help prevent computer meltdowns. The best solution however is to PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, while you're on your computer.