How to Maintain Your Brand New Computer

Marcia Wade TalbertMarch 23, 2011May 6, 2013

Take precautions visiting websites and opening emails. Anti virus email can only do so much. The problem is when a new virus comes out the company may not patch that virus for a week depending upon how widespread it is. This is why you need to take precautions in between your anti virus updates. Don’t open executable files unless you know the person, you know exactly what they sent you, and you trust that person. Also be cautious with PDF files. If you go to a website that asks permission to download an Adobe file on your computer be sure you know and trust the people that run that website.

Marcia Wade Talbert

Marcia is a multimedia content producer focusing on technology at Black Enterprise Magazine. In this capacity she writes and assigns stories to educate readers about social media; digital integration; gadgets, apps, and software for business and professional development; minority tech startups; and careers in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). In 2012, she received two Salute to Excellence Awards from the National Association of Black Journalists and was recognized by Blacks in Technology (BiT) as one of the Top 10 Black achievers in the tech arena for 2011 at SXSW in Austin, Texas. She has spoken about technology on panels for New York Social Media Week, at The 2012 Rainbow/PUSH Wall Street Summit, as well as at Black Enterprise'ss Entrepreneurs Conference and Women of Power Summit. In 2011, SocialWayne.com chose her as one of 28 People of Color Impacting the Social Web, and through crowdsourcing she was listed as one of BlackWeb2.0's/HP's 50 Most Notable African American Tastemakers in Social Media and Technology for 2010. Since taking on the role of Tech editor in September 2010, she has conceived and produced five cover stories on Technology and/or STEM and countless articles, videos, and slideshows online.