10.3 Golden Rules For Protection Against Viruses - AVIRA ANTIVIR VIRUS SCAN ADAPTER FOR SAP SOLUTIONS User Manual

10.3 Golden Rules for Protection Against Viruses

Always keep boot disks for your network server and for your workstations.
Always remove floppy disks from the drive after finishing work. Even if they have no
executable programs, disks can contain program code in the boot sector and these can
serve to carry boot sector viruses.
Regularly back up your files.
Limit program exchange: particularly with other networks, mailboxes, the Internet
and acquaintances.
Scan new programs before installation and the disk after this. If the program is
archived, you can detect a virus only after unpacking and during installation.
If there are other users connected to your computer, you should define the following rules
for protection against viruses:
Use a test computer to check downloads of new software, demo versions or virus-
suspicious media (floppies, CD-R, CD-RW, removable drives).
Disconnect the test computer from the network!
Appoint a person responsible for virus infection operations and establish all steps for
virus elimination.
Draw up an emergency plan as a precaution for preventing damage due to
destruction, theft, failure or loss/change due to incompatibility. You can replace
programs and storage devices, but not your vital business data.
Draw up a plan for data protection and recovery.
Your network must be correctly configured and the access rights must be wisely
assigned. This represents good protection against viruses.
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