There are many types if viruses and bugs in existence, that it may be difficult to tell if your computer is safe or not. Some viruses lurk quietly, without you knowing it’s there, whereas others are more obvious with their presence, showing up as pop-ups or making your computer act weird. Many computers come with antivirus already installed, but that won’t necessarily protect you from viruses all the time. People that struggle with computers, or technology in general, are especially vulnerable to getting viruses. To answer the question, there’s no one way to know your computer is completely safe. I couldn’t tell you if my computer is completely safe, despite the measures I take to try and negate the chances of getting a virus on my computer. The steps I personally take to keep my computer as safe as I can get it, is to not click any links I think are suspicious. I always check the entirety of the URL I’d like to click, to make sure it’s what I’m actually meaning to click. When downloading something, I only download from sites or sources that I trust, and only things I deem necessary to download. I also like to go through my computer files, usually to delete the stuff I no longer use, but to also look for things that shouldn’t be there or programs that look suspicious. I try to stay up to date on programs that I use to see if there’s any information that later came out about them implementing a feature that takes your information for as long as it’s on the device you downloaded it on. Obvious signs of something wrong with your computer is if there are files suddenly missing, your PC restarting randomly, your PC being unusually slow, and frequent crashes. It’s important for anyone using a personal computer to know the basics to help keep their device safe, to save them time, money, and their data.