Ineffective antiviruses are a real threat
It all started with the fact that during regular checks of the hard drive for viruses, my antivirus found several viruses or Trojans. As a rule, viruses were located in browser cache folders, i.e. those files that are saved on your computer while visiting web pages. I wondered why he didn't tell me about viruses while I was browsing these malicious sites? After all, it turns out that an antivirus that works in real time and monitors all threats simply missed a few threats? How then can we talk about security? After reading several reputable sites on the topic of computer security, and in particular, antivirus products, I understood why. Many users think that if they buy a computer with a powerful processor and a huge amount of RAM, then the computer will automatically become very powerful. This is a great misconception. A computer is a system where performance is equal to the weakest component in the system. This component is the hard drive.
This is where the whole problem lies. When we work, the hard drive is loaded to its limit. We can see this by looking at the hard drive activity light - it is depicted in the form of a glass and usually blinks blue or red. So when it is constantly on, it means that the hard drive is loaded. And at this time, the antivirus must check this data, which also creates a load on the disk. As a result, either the antivirus loads the system completely, or misses some of the data. Which often leads to the penetration of viruses that are detected only later or when they have already infected the system. What to do in this situation?
Considering that the main task of a modern computer is web surfing, the solution is simple. All browsers have a cache - space for temporary files. It is necessary to either limit the size of this space to a minimum value, or remove it altogether. The speed of the modern Internet is high enough to quickly load a full page. Many browsers have a feature to clear the cache when you exit the browser. However, in this case, closing the browser takes longer.
Another option - clearing cache manually or using programs. It's easy and quite effective. In addition, you can clear not only the cache, but also other data if required.
The advantages of all these operations are that browsers begin to load the system less and the antivirus does not need to scan these temporary files. In addition, along with the cache, viruses that were “caught” while browsing websites are also deleted.
In addition to software solutions, there is a technical one: installing an SSD drive instead of a hard drive. Many have already heard about it, few have installed it. For example, I installed. It is not cheap - about 4000-5000 rubles. for 128-256 GB of memory, but there are practically no brakes on the hard drive side, although before the computer would slow down. The system boots in 10 seconds, the program starts instantly. A little later I will write an article about this type of disk. So bookmark the site and wait for new, interesting articles.
