by:
Ashish Jain
A virus is a piece of code that gets loaded onto your computer without your cognition and runs against your wishes. The 1st acknowledged occurrence of viruses goes back to 1987 once
the ARPANET was infected by one.
One common name
among folk is that you can infect your computer simply by opening an email and reading its text. That is not possible; it is normally the files attached to the email that contain the virus. The most common file types are ".SCR" ".VBS" ", ".PIF"
Prevention is better than a cure: Here are several tips to do sure that your computer makes not get infected.
* Get a nice Anti-Virus software system like Norton Anti-Virus, MacAfee, PC Cillin etc.
* Support your opposed virus software system updated by downloading new virus definitions regularly. Most Anti-Virus software system comes with the feature of change
virus definitions.
* Support your windows operational system updated by on a regular basis
downloading new updates from the Internet. Windows O/S's have a lot of safety loopholes and bugs that can be easily exploited by worms and viruses.
* Do sure the opposed virus scans the file each time before its opened.
* Floppy disks and removable media are a nice source of viruses; always scan them before accessing files on them.
* Ne'er
open email attachments from sources that are unknown or suspicious.
* Do not open emails that have questionable subject lines.
* Once
in doubt simply about a file, don't open it.
* Even as with the better of precautions bad things can still happen. Backup all your data and important files.
Even after taking all these precautions if your computer makes get infected, then here are a few things that you can do:
Online clearing tools - are a nice source of trying to clear out the virus, there are galore Anti-Virus websites that offer free online virus detection and removal services.
Removal tools - If you have an Anti-Virus software system then you can go to the website of that software system and transfer
removal tools designed specifically for the virus. However, you must find out the name of the virus that infects your PC beforehand.
If you have a backup of all your important files, you can besides consider format your hard disk.
Just simply about the author:
Ashish Faith M6.Net http://www.m6.net Ashish is an integral member of the M6.Net Web Helpers team.
