Install Virtual Machine – And Be Free!
It’s best to install virtual machine such as Microsoft Virtual PC or VMWare as it takes the place of a separate computer which is contained and easy to manage as it runs in our desktop. Using a separate computer, as we do with a virtual machine, we can do the followings without any fear or harm:
- Test and run trials, suspicious and strange programs or software.
- Experiment with suspected files.
- Quarantine external files or software to make sure they’re safe.
- Browse into suspicious or new untested web pages in a safe and isolated environment.
- Smile when we actually got infected, as all we need to do is restore to the point where we want to be in the virtual machine, and start over if we like.
It is a very effective way of 100% protecting ourselves from any malicious threats.
After we install virtual machine, managing (i.e. creating, deleting and restoring) each machines can be done in a very controlled environment right on our desktop, thus making things very easy to do and safe at the same time.
We can test-run suspicious and strange files or software, browse into suspicious or new untested web pages in a safe and isolated environment of the virtual machine. Using this technique alone can eliminate most of the threats we all have been afraid of, namely virus-infected file, spyware, adware, hacker exploitation, and best of all, should any of those happen, we only need to restore to a desired state of the system without fuss.
So, why wait? Install virtual machine now…
This article is a part of the Ten Ultimate Computer Security Must-Do’s steps.
