Computer Security: Advantages and Disadvantages

Advantages:


1) Protects system against viruses, worms, spyware and other unwanted programs.

2) Protection against data from theft.

3) Protects  the computer from being hacked.

4) Minimizes computer freezing and crashes.

5) Gives privacy to users.


Disadvantages:


1) Firewalls can be difficult to configure correctly.

2) Incorrectly configured firewalls may block users from performing certain actions on the Internet, until the firewall configured correctly.

3) Makes the system slower than before.

4) Need to keep updating the new software in order to keep security up to date.

5) Could be costly for average user.