OS Updates

Every computer has a piece of software called an Operating System, or OS for short, that controls the internal hardware of your computer.  The developers of these OSes are constantly releasing updates and patches to their software to ensure security against new threats that may exploit vulnerabilities in their product.  In addition you will also be able to download updates to major software components that accompany your OS.

Thankfully, major OS developers have built in automatic updating software to keep the user from having to constantly go and check for updates for their computer.  Your responsibility is to make sure this is enabled on your system.  While it is easy to enable automatic updates for your computer it is also important that occaisionally you check manually to make sure your system is staying up-to-date. Many times viruses and spyware will attempt to disable automatic updates to further exploit your system.