Here are a number of the tips for treating your information better:

Imagine that if your PC is inflicted with malicious virus & beyond repairable, all your important files, such as photographs, eBooks & customer contact information etc., might be gone forever. By saving information to external storage devices, the chance of losing information saved on the external storage tool is less likely should there is hardware failure or virus attack.

1. Backup important information to external storage devices

2. Use of centralized repository

Save files that you need to share with your relatives members or colleagues to a Network Attached Storage (NAS). Files access can be done through network (wireless or wired), users no longer need to save files on their own computers, thus save memory space & ensure all users are reading the same information.

Modern NAS are not basically providing information storage space, they can be configured to become a FTP, web & database server etc. As long as there is Net connection available, user can remotely access their home FTP servers anytime, anywhere in the world. All information are at user's finger tips, users do not need to save sensitive or confidential information on flash drives, which might have higher risk of information leakage.

Microsoft Security Essentials

The web can be full of hazards these days as hackers and malware developers strive to get important information such as credit card information, user IDs and passwords to paid subscription web-sites, social networking sites, e-mail accounts, and other personal information. Other people basically require to wreck havoc on a multitude of computers connected to the Net for entertainment purposes. Fortunately, there's a number of computer security programs that you ought to install immediately so that you can prepare for the threats.

Microsoft Security Essentials is Microsoft's first attempt to combat viruses floating around the net. It is presented to be very easy for people to setup and runs in the background without eating up lots of resources, making it an ideal solution even for older computers that do not have much RAM. The best thing about this application is that it is free for all licensed Windows XP users and above. Virus definitions update every few days so it should keep your method secure when combined with the Windows Firewall for blocking attacks and the Windows Defender for combating spyware.