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Jun

2009

How to protect your computer against viruses?

by webdesign

Normally viruses hide in email attachments. Files downloaded from the Internet like music, videos, games can contain viruses.

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Ways to protect your computers:

Install anti-virus software, and keep it updated.
Virus scan your system regularly.
Virus scan any attachment from email or any other media like USB stick before opening it.
Do not open and read spam email.
Disable the auto preview function of your email client.
Do not install pirated copy of software.
Do not click links sent to you in unknown email or instant messenger.
Do not connect your computer to the Internet.
Uninstall Windows.
Install Linux

Jun

2009

by webdesign

Common symptons of computers running on Microsoft Windows infected with a virus or worm are:

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Slow. The computer is getting slower and slower to start up and shut down. Applications take longer to load. Websites take longer to load. It takes longer to open a file or a folder. The mouse is not that responsive any more. Music and videos are not playing correctly.
Frozen. The computer screen is frozen. You are unable to do anything. Applications freeze. Mouse not clickable.
Crash. The computer crashes with blue screen, fatal error, or illegal operations. It may shut down by itself or unable to restart.
Programs dead. Some programs may not run and need re-installing.
Files missing. Some files or folders disappear from your hard disk.
Devices not working. Drivers driving devices like CDROM corrupted and thus the CDROM is not working.