How to keep your computer safe from hackers and cyber attacks

The National Cyber Security Centre warned that the UK will experience a potentially crippling “category one” cyber attack. To protect against such attacks, one should set up two-step verification, schedule antivirus scans, only install software from trusted sources, be wary of Chrome extensions, and know how to spot a phishing scam, said consumer group Which?. It is important to have an off-site data backup and experts advise not to pay if a ransomware attack occurs.