WHAT IS ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE AND WHY DO I NEED IT?

Written by Dean Erickson


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Do a quick web search for Free Online Virus Scan to bring up some other websites that offerrepparttar same service.

You ultimately need to install good antivirus software right on your computer. The most important thing that such software does is real time scanning. This means that whenever you download email or enter a website it is scanningrepparttar 107340 files and programs you may be downloading and checking to see that they are virus free. If a virus is detectedrepparttar 107341 software will warn you right away, before you openrepparttar 107342 file and infect your computer.

There are options. If you type Free Anti Virus Software Downloads or Free Antivirus Utilities you'll bring up various results. Products like ClamAV, AntiVir Personal Edition, AVG Anti-Virus software, avast!, BitDefender are all free. As with any antivirus software utility you need to keep it updated regularly of all virus definitions so that it can do its job properly. The utility needs to be informed ofrepparttar 107343 all active viruses so that it knows how to protect your system.

A virus seeks out users with a slack awareness of their computer's security needs. Be informed. Do a virus scan today.

Journalist, and web site builder Dean Erickson lives in Texas. He is the owner and co-editor of free-spyware-removal-finder.info on which you will find a longer, more detailed version of this article.


WHAT IS SPYWARE AND HOW DO I REMOVE IT FROM MY COMPUTER?

Written by Dean Erickson


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What it is really interested in is your surfing history. It wants to collate allrepparttar information that will help advertising companies better target you as a consumer. And so, it collects information on what you like to read online, which websites you browse to and, most valuable of all, where you go shopping onrepparttar 107339 Internet and what you buy.

But once in your system Spyware can be very annoying. At its worst it can severely impair your computer's ability to function, using up to 50% of its memory. It doesn't do it on purpose, it's not vicious like a virus, but it is destructive whether it wants to be or not. It can block your Internet access and just generally cause your computer to be so slow that you cannot use it without banging your head on your keyboard. Or, unless you format your hard drive.

There are lots of ways to protect your computer from this menace. Spyware removal programs help you track Spyware and purge your system ofrepparttar 107340 software. Try an Internet search for Free Spyware Removal or Free Spyware Removal Program. This will bring up various results includingrepparttar 107341 Lavasoft's Ad-Aware program, which isrepparttar 107342 most popular. Some websites will also offer you a Free Spyware Removal or Adware Removal online.

Dean Erickson. Journalist, and web site builder Dean Erickson lives in Texas. He is the owner and co-editor of free-spyware-removal-finder.info on which you will find a longer, more detailed version of this article.


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