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How can you protect your computer from viruses and other malware?
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoBuy Norton although, it costs about £100
A reasonable alternative is McAfee, varying in price from $80 US to $50 US on renewal. There are other vendors available. Check them out carefully.
You also need to keep your operating system and programs up to date with the latest patches, you need to make sure your browser settings are reasonable for the type of activity that you do, and you need to practice safe computing, by always being careful about opening attachments from unknown sources or navigating to unknown websites.
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∙ 13y agoa strong anti-virus system is probably the way to go. a decent free one is AVG free and if your gonna pay get Bit Defender.
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∙ 12y agoInstall an anti virus system, and update it monthly to keep it up to date.
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what are the Benefits of using antivirus on pc?
provide protection from other computer threats
How do you make a computer virus?
WikiAnswers will not provide information that will aid in the creation of computer viruses or other forms of malware.
What can you use to look at viruses?
You can use a security program to protect your computer from potential viruses and other threats from malicious software in real time, i recommend you "avast! Internet Security", which runs silently in the background to protect your computer against all known forms of malware. You don't need to do anything else - just install and forget!
What are viruses and malware?
instructions meant to do harm
What is the importance of antivirus?
Anti-viruses are very important, as they protect your computer from MOST (not all) viruses and other malicious programs.
What are the cause and effect of computer viruses?
There are two types of computer viruses. New ones that are wider spread today then actual VIRUSES. Are 1) Malware Applications. I dont believe most malware applications reproduce automatically, or are designed to actually damage any part of your computer. The Second type of VIRUS is the actual viruses for example look up the 'Standard Stoned Virus' I believe it was one of the first viruses to come out and it had two purposes. One was to reproduce and the other was to damage your hard drive. (nasty)
What can help protect your computer?
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Where can one download NOD32 for free?
You may download NOD32 from the downloads section on the Eset website. It is a free anti-virus which will protect your PC from viruses and other malware.
What type of program is a backdoor?
They are computer viruses that let hackers and other viruses in to your computer undetected. They are computer viruses that let hackers and other viruses in to your computer undetected.
Where can one download Malware?
Usually, one would not want to download Malware or other viruses onto ones computer. If one really wished to have Malware on ones computer it would probably be advisable to click on various pop-up banners in the internet and opening spam mail (junk mail) and clicking on the links.
What is difference between heuristic detection and sigbature scanning?
Heuristic detection looks for the characteristics of viruses and malware, while signature scanning looks for specific files known to be malware. In other words, heuristic detection can find recently created malware on a system, because it "acts" like other malware. Signature scanning looks at a list of known malware file names, and then sees if there are any of them on the computer.
Is Poptropica harmful to your laptop?
The site has no reported problems with viruses or other malware.
