I recently came across a WebProWorld post on Basic Computer Security where the moderator (Minstrel) stated: “The internet has become a more hostile world in recent years and at best invasions of your computer can be annoying – more often than not they are also costly,” The information I found was most informative and the responses offered some great advice on different options for protecting one’s computer.
I too, agree that the internet has indeed become more hostile of late, due to the seemingly never ending malicious attacks by unscrupulous entities, causing the innocent computer user untold amounts of grief.
Yes, we can beef up our defenses, and yes we can rebuild the hard drive should our best efforts to thwart attacks fail, but, what about the information that is suddenly lost when our computer does crash.
Speaking from experience, as I’ve been there – done that, you could suddenly find months of your hard work disappear into cyber space, never to be seen again. Trust me; this can happen to you too!
One fact that I find often overlooked, is that despite our best defense efforts, anyone computing online today is very vulnerable. Whether it be a virus attack, or a simple system failure, the fact of the matter is, that the odds of one losing their data files are stacked against them.
Since my own brush with the “Virtual Devil” that crashed my computer and absconded with my files, costing me both time and money, I’ve become a firm believer in backing up my system files. My first choice was to back up my system on CD. I went out and purchased the latest and the greatest CD writer and it works great, however I must admit, time has a way of disappearing and there were days I tempted fate once more by not being a prudent as I might when it came to backing up my files.
This prompted me to look for a solution that would ensure my precious data was safe regardless of circumstance. What is that solution you might ask?
Quite simply, let someone who specializes in protecting your files do it for you. It’s not only very affordable, but it also frees up an incredible amount of time from your work day and relieves the worry, should the “Virtual Devil” come to visit you!
Here’s a link to an article I recently posted on my Canadian Web Source web site which I think would be of great interest to all computer users. It’s called [url=http://www.canadianwebsource.com/14-Researching_Data_Backup_Services_AR _02.html] ‘Researching Data Protection Services’ [/url] and most interesting reading, affording you an insight as to how you can protect your files.
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