Want to know what damage can be done by a computer virus ?

If you think that installing AntiVirus and AntiSpyware software on your PC will permanently stop the virus attack. You may prove wrong because new viruses can enter your computer without your knowledge. You must know what damage can be done by a computer virus before it's too late.

If you try to remove these unwanted intruders i.e Viruses and Spywares, it will totally damage your system leaving you nowhere. Mainly worm is a self-replicating program that reproduces itself over a network. It may come to your mailbox as email attachment from an unknown sender, a movie download from a suspicious website, or an application sent from someone you don't know.

Ways to clean pc and protect from virus

Never connect a non updated PC or other Internet related device to the Net. How do you update and patch a computer without connecting to the Internet? Get a cd from Microsoft with the latest and greatest patches and updates, then connect the device and then check for updates while connected to make sure you have protection. Always use a firewall between your network of computers and the Internet. Even if your network of computers is 1 or 2 computers, it is still a network and needs a firewall to protect it, really protect it. A single computer connected to the Internet is now part of a worldwide network through its Internet connection and is therefore vulnerable without protection. Get a firewall, a real firewall.

Educate and train anyone who uses your computer network. Many times an infection is invited by careless users who download infected email, visit infected sites, or bring infected machines (laptop's, pda's) into a network from outside.

Patch and update, patch and update, patch and update (redundant, oh yeah). Yes it's a pain, and it requires time to do and verify that it's actually patched and updated. However it's definitely simpler and cheaper than trying to fix an infestation, or explain to everyone why the network is down or their computers won't work because a worm is eating through everything they have worked hard to save and protect.

Make sure up-to-date anti-virus software is on every machine, everything connected to the Internet. Anti-virus packages aid in protection and detection against worms.

Establish security rules for your network and educate everyone who uses the network. They must be enforced, daily.

Frequently prevent your network for vulnerabilities. Visit vulnerability website's, take benefit of free Streaming scanning tools on the Internet to test your machines. New vulnerabilities and just released exploits are freed constantly and you can't protect against what you have no idea what is coming your way.

Whether you have learned your lesson from a past own household budget with a nasty computer virus or have been pressing your luck by surfing the web and downloading various files or opening those entertain messages sent to you by people you don't know without any real understanding of simply how vulnerable you really are every period you log onto your computer you today have the opportunity to discover what steps you can take to keep away from such an annoying and numerous times destructive infestation.

Tips and tricks to keep virus away

Buy and set up a well reputed antivirus software program and be sure to set it up so that it automatically runs when the computer starts up each time.

Make sure to keep your antivirus software up to date by either using the automatic update feature that several come with or make it a habit to manually check at least once or twice a week for updates on your own.

Set your antivirus program to scan for potential viruses each time you open a word-processing document like the ones that get sent through email. Viruses found in word-processing documents are called Macro Viruses.

When purchasing software make sure to only buy from vendors that are well known and from ones you trust.

Avoid swapping data with the use of floppy disks or other mobile storage devices between various computers. If exchanging programs between computers is unavoidable just make sure to scan the storage device(s) for viruses before transferring data from one computer to the next.

If using floppy disks to transfer data make sure to format them before using them for the first time.

Never use pirated software. This is both illegal and a very expert way to invite an unwanted computer virus.

When downloading software from the Internet do so as little as possible. There are many neat programs available on the Internet, but unfortunately there are many viruses that go along with them also.

If you must download programs from the Internet always scan them for viruses BEFORE opening them up to install on your computer.

Probably the most important and neglected method of disaster recovery are periodic backups of all-important files found on your computer. Should a virus happen to get through your lines of defense you may need to replace the virus corrupted files with fresh ones that have been kept for such an occasion.

Finally, it is not guaranteed that if you follow the above steps that you will not be the victim of a computer virus, but you can sure bet that if followed you will greatly reduce the chance of being an unsuspecting recipient of such an unwanted program.

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