Many of us think that virus attacks are not possible to prevent. But these simple steps can help you to minimize the chances of virus attacks Get an antivirus software. Get an original paid version of a reputed one like Quick Heal Norton Avira MacAfee etc. The free ones which you can download are not at all useful and sometimes (most of the times) that antivirus software might itself be the virus. This happened for me. So don't be a cheap get a genuine copy of an antivirus software. Try changing your operating system . If you use yourputer for normal purposes like creating documents playing music browsing etc then try using Linux. Viruses just don't exist in the world of Linux. This might be a great option. It's a myth that people say Linux is too hard to use and stuff. I use Linux every day and it isn't . In fact it's easier than Windows. Don't visit trashy websites. Websites generally contain ads which might annoy you to install some trash software like downloading extra RAM converting your Pentium III into an i9 Extreme etc. Just stay away from such trashy websites and ads. Just normal sensible browsing will keep yourputer away from viruses. Get genuine softwares . If you download it ilegally from third party websites torrents that'll probably be a bad idea if you wanna keep your device away from viruses. Do not insert random pendrives hard disks as viruses malware etc can get easily transferred. Spam emails are a great source of viruses so do not download any file attached with an unknown email if you're not sure what it is. Use genuine copy of the operating system. Update your operating system regularly. Image source Google images.