Anti-virus Protection

Viruses and worms are probably the biggest issue facing people using the Internet for email and web browsing. There are more and more viruses being released every week. These viruses are programs that have been written with some form of malicious intent and released into the wild (the Internet). The majority of these viruses are propagated using email or flaws in the email application to infect the recipient.

Using these flaws, the infection can happen even without the user clicking on the attachment. These viruses and worms are progressively becoming more malicious in their intent performing Denial of Service attacks, spam email generation & distribution, identity-theft, copyright and digital rights theft etc. This threat, however, can be managed quite easily.

An up to date Anti-virus product should, without question, be installed on every computer you own. This can be achieved through the purchase of a product from a computer retailer. Many computers that have been purchased over the last number of years have had Anti-Virus software pre-installed. Whichever option you chose, make sure you register the software with the vendor, as this is the best way to receive updates and keep the product current.

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