Computer Viruses

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Computer viruses usually spread in one of three ways: from removable media; from downloads off the Internet; and from e-mail attachments. Although the Internet gets a bad rap as a source of viruses, you're no more likely to contract a virus from the Web than you are from packaged software.

If you want to keep risks to a minimum, then you should buy a good anti-virus software. I recommend you a nice one that is Kaspersky Anti-Virus 7.0. You can understand why it can keep risks to a minimum from its features and function.

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it is not a virus but a worm, if you have the proper anti virus software, you will be just fine!!!

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the danger of not having a good password is if someone knows guesses your password correct the could hack you and change your password. so make a password no one will guess but also one that you will remember!

They aren't viruses.

They are indexes of certain folders. Their presence allows the computer to know more quickly and efficiently what the content of any given folder is.

There is no point in removing them because they will be created soon after you delete them.

An email virus is usually found inside of a link that is attatched to an email that may look urgent, or from royalty of a distant country. When these links are opened a virus is then transferred into the computer.

The reason why some people are getting pop-ups of advertisements for insurance and prizes even though a pop-up blocker is installed is that the settings on the blocker may need to be setup correctly. Try going to the options tab in the software and check to make sure that block all ads is checked off.

Nope. Friv is a safe gaming website to use.

PC Cillin is a good antivirus software but it still has to be updated a bit to catch up with other antivirus softwares. It is missing a few features that can be found in more recent antivirus software packages.

well I'm on jump start and I've got trend micro titanium virus software and it hasn't given me any otherwise my virus software would of picked it up and zapped it away!

so i say that jump start is a virus free site!

Virus factories are commonly referred to as "viral factories" or "viral replication centers." These are specialized cellular compartments where viruses replicate and assemble new viral particles. They often exploit host cellular machinery and resources to facilitate the production of new viruses, ultimately leading to their release from the infected cell.

The main reason why we every computer needs a firewall is that as it is a software or a hardware where hardware is found in routers and software are found in Computer. When you have a firewall installed in your Computer would be protected from unwanted websites and hackers. It monitors the incoming and outgoing networks and block the unwanted and malicious networks to access your PC. So every computer needs to be shielded with a firewall. Get them to always block unauthorized network users. This is the reason why a firewall is necessary software or hardware program.

Well it depends which one or more viruses have infected your computer. Most viruses can be removed without a hitch using a popular antivirus software like AVG. First run a complete scan of your entire computer. Most people have about a hundred thousands files stored on their computer. Therefore, the scan will most likely take about two hours to complete so don't get impatient or worry. After the scan is completed AVG will display the files that they have found to be infected and the name of the virus or other malware. Do what AVG tells you to and if it says restart your computer don't wait do it. Any questions post on my message board.

yes obviously you can install anti virus without Internet connection with the help of previously downloaded software either from pen drive, CD, DVD or from any drive of your computer which contains the required software.

But to make it updated with latest definitions (that is able to detect and cure the spam attacks, various virus attacks from the Internet) you must have Internet connection to update your anti virus so that it can effectively detect any possible threat which can be harmful to your computer/laptop.

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Very often spy software is confused with spyware - let's clear up the difference between them.

Spyware is also known as adware, Trojans, viruses. Spyware moves into computer without user permission and knowing at all. After spyware is gathering information about computer users without their knowledge. Spyware periodically sends the gathering information about your interests, often visited websites, personal information and so on to spyware creators. This information is sold to marketing companies and other interested parties. This is NOT that our spy software is doing.

Spy software or computer monitoring software monitors and records everything a user does on a computer but installed directly by its purchaser wish. Spy software can record every action that a user is doing on a computer - but nobody except the purchaser of the software see the report about these actions. This software can be absolutely invisible and nobody can detect it or contrary show to a monitored user a splash warning.

Because people are making new viruses to damage computers. I am pretty sure that ever minute 10 new viruses are made. Every second Tuesday of every month Microsoft creates patches for Windows.It is commonly called Patch Tuesday. Viruses made in this day are called zeo-day viruses. its best to update early

1. Download and run firefox to protect your computer from future spyware attacks and pop ups which are coming in through internet explorer (Trojan downloaders, win32 ).Browser attacks aren't easy to spot because they piggyback on legitimate traffic that doesn't exhibit many obvious warning signs . 2. Run the vundo and combo fix 3. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

4. Run the anti spyware remove programs spybot

5. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!

There's not much difference to the normal user. However, to those more concerned with how it works, there are some differences.

A COM file is self-contained and cannot exceed 64KB in size because the stack, data, and code must all fit within 64KB. EXE files have no limiting size and have more header information.

The main difference is how they are loaded. When a COM file is loaded by DOS, it is loaded into low memory. EXE files separated where the CONST is loaded low and DATA is loaded high.

Also, if you have both, say EXAMPLE.COM and EXAMPLE.EXE, in the same directory and try to execute without specifing the extention, the COM will load first.

Mostly it builds up on the fans and prevents the system from cooling and will lead to shut downs or unpredictable behavior. Using "dust off" or any other compressed air can you can blow the dust out of all of the fans including any fans on the video card if there is one. There are several fans in a normal computer including,

CPU fan mounted on the actual CPU

case fans mounted on the case (could be severel here too)

video card fans are mounted on the video card itself and can be hard to reach(not all video cards have fans mostly just the top end cards)

Also dust can acumulate on your CD roms optics and will prevent the reading of CD's, any standard CD ROM drive cleaner will work to clean it or you can use a que tip with rubbing alcohol to clean it directly.

1. E-mail attachment.

2. Lack of firewall on an insecure network.

3. Malicious Web pages.

4. Co-installed with other legitimate but contaminated software.

5. Sometimes products like digital picture frames, MP3 players, flash drives, etc., are pre-infected at point of manufacture.

When a computer system becomes infected with spyware it will be able to monitor and watch the activities of the computer user and record this information. This information relates to aspects such as websites surfed, personal information and web browsing habits.

Spyware can also do more than just monitor activities and take information in that it posesses the ability to cause browser redirecting, can make changes to web security settings, force frequent pop ups to appear and it can also reduce both internet speeds and PC performance.

Anti spyware software has always been the best remedy for removing spyware infections and ensuring that your signature database is constantly updated is critical.