Security & privacy

The benefits of antivirus software

Antivirus software helps protect your identity, banking details and other data from being stolen. Its job is to stop threats and viruses before you open an email or attachment, for example. Good antivirus software detects, blocks and removes unwanted activity on your laptop or PC. You would not want your carefully written thesis to disappear because your laptop crashes after being infected by a virus. Keep your data safe.

What is malware?

Viruses, worms and Trojan horses all fall under the term malware. In other words, they are harmful pieces of software. These harmful programs attack your computer. If your computer or laptop shows the signs below, it is likely infected with malware.

These are the signs: your computer is slower than before and crashes more often. A common sign is unwanted pop ups appearing on your screen, or unknown icons suddenly showing up on your desktop without your permission. A changed homepage can also be a warning sign. The same applies if a search engine shows advertisements instead of search results. A new toolbar in your browser, or being redirected to a commercial website every time you enter a URL, should also raise concern. To help prevent malware and other harmful threats from getting onto your laptop, it is wise to install a firewall and antivirus software. If you use Windows, make sure you always install Windows updates.

Data storage through SURFspot

These days, we need a lot of data storage. Digital photos from weekend trips or holidays, videos from parties and all those presentations with photos and images for work or study mean you need more and more storage space. Through SURFspot, you can purchase different types of data storage. For example, if you want access to your photos wherever you are, cloud storage is a good choice.

SURFspot pays close attention to privacy when it comes to cloud storage. SURFspot works according to the higher education standards framework. This means we apply strict requirements to our cloud solutions. Not every supplier can meet these requirements yet. Would you rather keep everything on an external hard drive? That is of course also possible. SURFspot also offers data storage through external hard drives. Want to protect these even more? Then set a password on your external hard drive.