Website Security Solutions Eagle River AK

Startup businesses that make heavy use of email and the internet are facing a growing problem with computer viruses. Many are receiving false “Returned Mail” messages for e-mails they never sent from their business. Most haven’t had trouble with computer viruses or the like before. But the problem keeps getting worse.

The popularity of wireless, instant messaging and other applications has increased the risk. Each one of these technologies represents a new entry point into your computer system for potential trouble. Excedent Technologies, which screens e-mails for spam and viruses on behalf of small business customers, says that 35 percent of messages are spam, and 3.6 percent contain a virus. Even scarier, there are about 87,000 known computer viruses.

Every business owner, from solo entrepreneurs on up, must be prepared to fend off virus attacks. A single security breach can damage data, disrupt business or bring operations to a halt. We've got some small business advice in the form of seven steps to online security.

Here are seven steps that can help you protect your startup business

Security Step #1:

Educate yourself and your employees about the dangers that lurk online. Establish policies for using the internet in your business that acknowledge some of the inherent problems, and then hold everyone to them.

Security Step #2:

Take a “layered” approach to protection by installing antivirus software and other security features on your computers and networks.

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