is your computer safe and secure?

Following on from the recent Steam security breach which allowed hackers to gain access to critical system, we thought we would ask you how secure do you think you are!...

So..... how secure is your computer, can you say yes to any of the following? if you can then you probably are safer than most people that are reading this.

1. Do you have Antivirus? > if not get this its free and by Microsoft.
2. Have you ran a Virus scan recently.
3. Do you have Anti Maleware. if not get this Anti Malware < its free
4. Have you ran a Maleware scan recently.
5. Do you have lots of crazy tool bars installed? < if so I would advise uninstalling if only for performance reasons
6. Do other people know your passwords or account details.

If you were able to answer the questions and still feel secure then you should not need to worry hoever if you fail any of the above I would suggest getting up to date!

There are many other things people can do to protect themselves online, however people who have not followed what I have listed above are most likly to be a victim of fraud.

fYI Maleware and Antivirus are very different. Malware is your basic annoying stuff it can create Pop-ups and ad-ware type programs that are not embedded. Viruses can and will get into everything and can change/control often by using exploits that do not just run in the background.