Saturday, November 28, 2009

Anti-Virus/Malware Programs are Essential

PC Virus Doctors uses multiple anti-spyware/virus/trojan/malware removers to ensure that PCs stay as secure and clean as possible. Today's computing environment requires internet interaction to access emails and websites for information needed to run business and personal correspondance to keep our personal lives and businesses running as smoothly as possible.

There is always the threat of an infected email that finds its way into computers or embedded programs that are surreptitiously installed on legitimate websites. Many of these malwares, viruses, etc. are difficult to extremely difficult to uninstall and often times causes PCs to not be able to access the internet.

An anti-virus article on InformationWeek talks about the continuing necessity of malware removers regardless of increasing security in operating systems regardless if they are Windows, unix or linux. "Zero day attacks" exploits occur as malware authors seek out vulnerabilites in systems.

PC Users can Minimize Malware by:
  1. Don't use file-sharing
  2. Don't open attachments
  3. Be careful when installing software
  4. Be cautious when visiting websites
  5. Make sure you are using the most up-to-date browser
  6. Be sure the latest patches and updates are applied to the operating system
  7. Update Java
  8. Use the latest version of Adobe
Restore Points for Protection:

Users can assure restore points are available by peering into restore points via start>all programs>accessories>system tools>system restore and then clicking next to see if dates are listed in bold print and clicking on one or more to ascertain if a restoration is possible at certain dates clicked on and specific times and whether adding programs or removing programs is listed under the times in order to reverse undesirable computer behavior when those programs were installed or uninstalled.

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