Just what exactly is a computer virus? It is a program that sits on your computer and the programmer who wrote the code for the virs doesn't mean it to help you! The virus can be insignificant, a minor annoyance or very serious- attempting to steal your data, crash your computer or extort money by trying to send you to their own website to get a cure for a problem that they put on your computer in the first place
The smaller, more annoying viruses may also go unnoticed for a period of time, sometimes being embedded with a code to activate at a date in the future. The result of this, unwanted activity is that your computer can become unstable and it may also affect other system resources and processes. Even if this effect is unintentional from the programmers point of view, they are no less annoying and potentially serious.
One sign that you may have a virus is that your computer slows down unexpectedly. Indeed any erratic behaviour from your computer should be investigated immediately. For example, if your screen flickers erratically (and you have checked your connections), you may have picked up a virus. Run a virus scan at least once a week from your anti-virus software program. You need to have the peace of mind that running a scan can provide.
Trojans, key loggers, more serious malware and even computer worms can cause you massive problems, lose money, and even fund terrorism, criminality and worse. Basically, they program is written with the very serious intent of harm or extortion. To protect yourself against these very real threats, you need to have an excellent anti-virus program running on your computer at all times. We recommend AVG anti-virus. Their software is not only free- in my opinion, it out performs the most common commercial programs
If you haven't been running anti-virus software- you need to get some right now- please get it downloaded and then scan your computer- it really is important. Get some anti-virus software downloaded onto your computer as soon as you can. You won't regret it.
Our professional advice is that AVG and Anti vir offer the best free anti virus software options. Surprisingly this is one are where free is actually better than the paid for programs offered by the likes of Norton and Mcafee. - 30201
The smaller, more annoying viruses may also go unnoticed for a period of time, sometimes being embedded with a code to activate at a date in the future. The result of this, unwanted activity is that your computer can become unstable and it may also affect other system resources and processes. Even if this effect is unintentional from the programmers point of view, they are no less annoying and potentially serious.
One sign that you may have a virus is that your computer slows down unexpectedly. Indeed any erratic behaviour from your computer should be investigated immediately. For example, if your screen flickers erratically (and you have checked your connections), you may have picked up a virus. Run a virus scan at least once a week from your anti-virus software program. You need to have the peace of mind that running a scan can provide.
Trojans, key loggers, more serious malware and even computer worms can cause you massive problems, lose money, and even fund terrorism, criminality and worse. Basically, they program is written with the very serious intent of harm or extortion. To protect yourself against these very real threats, you need to have an excellent anti-virus program running on your computer at all times. We recommend AVG anti-virus. Their software is not only free- in my opinion, it out performs the most common commercial programs
If you haven't been running anti-virus software- you need to get some right now- please get it downloaded and then scan your computer- it really is important. Get some anti-virus software downloaded onto your computer as soon as you can. You won't regret it.
Our professional advice is that AVG and Anti vir offer the best free anti virus software options. Surprisingly this is one are where free is actually better than the paid for programs offered by the likes of Norton and Mcafee. - 30201
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Glenn Hughes is the managing director and founder of Fix My Broken Computer. For Cardiff computer repairs or if you're looking for laptop repair in Cardiff please get in touch- Glenn would like to hear from you
