Nov 02 2010
The first line of defence in keeping your computer running fast and healthy, is a good anti-virus program. While having an anti-virus program installed will be a much greater help than having nothing at all, there really is no completely fail safe method for keeping viruses out.
There are many “rogue” programs that disguise themselves as anti-virus programs when they actually a virus themselves. Some to definitely keep away from are AntiVirus2008, Antivirus2009, AntiVirusPro and a new one making the rounds, AntiVirus2010.
Once you have chosen your anti-virus program, it is imperative that you keep it up to date. Generally programs are set to automatically receive updates on their own. You should leave this option in place to prevent forgetting to manually update on your own. In addition, most programs are set by default to do a daily scan at a set time. It is ok to change this setting so that your computer will be scanned during a time that your computer is normally on
7 WAYS TO TELL IF YOU HAVE A COMPUTER VIRUS
- Pop-ups might compel the user to visit other sites or urge the user to download an antivirus or other software.
- Homepage changes. Your standard homepage might change to another site and may be incapable of resetting.
- Large amounts of emails being delivered from your email account. a hacker can take control of your account and send emails in your name from another system that has been infected.
- Frequent PC crashes. A virus that has compromised your HDD can cause irreparable damage. This then causes the PC to crash or freeze frequently and can prevent your system from booting back up.
- Unusual slow computer performance. A change of speed while making a request may indicate that your PC has a virus.
- Unknown programs loading upon start-up.
- Odd actions such as password changes. This can prevent you from logging into your PC on boot-up
Viruses can infect all devices, including Apple devices, laptops, tablets and phones. Virus removal for Macs, computers and laptops are all covered by our SuperTechs who are on the front lines every day seeing the changing infections and working to eliminate these nasty viruses.
