Expand your protection
You’ve got the essentials sorted – antimalware software in place, plus any tools you’ve downloaded from the previous spread on cleaning malware infections (even if your PC is currently behaving itself, now is a good time to collect them together somewhere safe, like on a USB flash drive). Now you’ve locked down your PC, what other steps can you take to secure other parts of your online life?
Secure online accounts
Browse to where you’re) to store and generate new lengthy, randomly generated passwords comprising letters, numbers and special characters. All you need to remember going forward is one master password – make sure that password is both memorable and long, not easily guessed and a mix of letters and numbers.
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