Not all computer viruses crashing your device immediately in a spectacular display. A virus can operate in the background, quietly creeping around on his tiptoes, stealing things and mess things up along the way. If your computer has a virus, here's what can happen:
- Windows suddenly
- programs automatically start
- Some programs do not start with your order .. .
- The hard drive can be heard constantly working.
- Things are being horribly slow performance.
- spontaneous appearance of messages.
- The activity light on the external modem instead of glitter, is still on
- your mouse moves alone.
- in your Applications Manager running tasks that you do not recognize.
If any of these things happen, it does not automatically mean a virus, but it does mean to be on the alert.
If you have antivirus software (and if you don 't, why not?) Your computer must be analyzed on a pre-programmed routine basis and automatically download updates. The antivirus software really works to keep the bugs or quarantine that gets in.
We will never eradicate computer viruses (aka malware) because it is always changing to be a step ahead of antivirus software. This is why you must not sit back and let the antivirus software to 100 percent of the work. You have to play a role, too.
- Every day without fail, run a scan of your computer. It would be a quick scan, but each week, you should run a scan depth. These analyzes can be scheduled to run automatically, or you can run them manually.
- You can have the best antivirus software in the world that runs scans every day, but it is worthless if you stop and open those iron gates and let a virus. What happens if you click on a malicious attachment in an email sender posing as someone you know, or posing as your bank, employer, etc. Never open attachments unless you are expecting something from someone you know. If you open an attachment malware laced it will download a virus. And by the way, the pirates are very clever to do e-mail appears like it is from someone you know.
- Never click on links in emails unless that of someone you know who you send links regularly and even then be alert to any abnormalities, such as, for example, that person still has a subject line, but one day it is empty. If you open the attachment? Contact this person in a new chain e-mail to see if they just send you something. And never click on links that are purportedly sent by your bank, retailer, IRS, etc. A malicious link could download a virus or attract you to a site that once you're there, download a virus.
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