Free From Viruses
    Everyone wants to get away from viruses,but we just find that it may be not realistic.For example,I have done many things to protect my computer,but after about 3 months,my computer work  slowly than before! I think the viruses step into our computer silently.
    
Q:Types of computer viruses:
    There are many types of viruses but the most common are:
    - Viruses: a small software program that attaches itself to other programs and/or documents
    - E-mail viruses: these viruses move around through email and usually replicates itself by automatically mailing itself to people in the victim’s address book
    - Trojan horses: this is a computer program that claims to do one thing but instead does another such as erase your hard drive
    - Worms: this is a program that finds a small hole in computer network security and replicates itself on to other computers on that network.
    Q:How does a virus get into our computer and how do they spread?
    Some of the most common ways a virus can get on your computer are:
    - Downloading a program from an unknown source and running it
    - Opening a file attachment from an e-mail
    - Sharing infected files from one computer to another on a floppy disk
    - Opening an electronic greeting card, audio and video files
    Q:What are the signs of a virus, am I infected?
    - Your computer runs slower than normal
    - The computer stops or locks up
    - Your computer crashes and restart every few minutes
    - The computer restarts on its own and does not run properly
    - Applications on your computer do not run properly
    - Hard drives or disk are not accessible
    - Your computer cannot print properly
    - Unusual error messages appear
    - Menus and dialog boxes are distorted
    Q:What you can do to protect your computer from viruses?
    There are number of ways to protect your computer from a virus:
    - Do not open any attachments your received in an e-mail even if you know the person who sent it. That person may not be aware they are sending an infected files.
    - If you receive an e-mail with an attachment from some one your do not know, DELETE the e-mail right away.
    - Before you copy a file to your computer, scan it with an anti-virus program
    - If you download a file from the Internet, copy it to your hard drive first, scan it with an anti-virus program before to open the file or run it.
    - if some sends you a greeting card or a joke that you have to launch to view, be awry and stay on the safe side and do not open it
    - The best defense against computer viruses and to use an anti-virus program that will scan your e-mail, act as a firewall, hard drive and keep up-to-date with the latest viruses. It is reported that there are over 500 new viruses discovered each month.
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July 13, 2009
Tags: Viruses Posted in: Internet
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