How can the risks of installing or upgrading software can be minimised?

Answer 1

1.viruses ( can come together with the software),

2. computer crushing,

3.system instability,

4.you computer becoming slow ( program uses up alot of resources e.g space and RAM),

5.harking ( malware can be sent together with the software.)

just to mention a few.

Answer 2

There is no such thing as minimizing the risk of catching viruses when downloading software from the internet. Since their are new viruses coming out everyday, you technically have to update your antivirus software everyday to help protect against these new threats. All I can say is, have a very effective antivirus software and try not to download things off the Internet.

If you don't have any antivirus software, I recommend getting one of these programs: Norton 360, Symantec, or McAfee Antivirus Plus. Also get SpyBot: Search and Destroy to help protect against spyware and also MalwareBytes to further protect your computer from malware.

Answer 3

the software may be infected with malware

The software may compromise the security of the system

The software may be illegally copied

Answer 4

The risk is if you get a viruse so i recomend you get nortan360 and do a scan every day and your software will be faster.

Answer 5

A virus could be activated by the installation. The software files may be large, which may cause the computer to run slow and crash.

Answer 6

There are no risks unless the software upgrade has some bugs. You might want to wait at least a year before upgrading software.

Answer 7

it may dowload lot of viruses too........

Answer 8

Find out for yourself tramp.