Any type of computer virus can be devastating if it isn’t taken care of. So trying to identify the most dangerous one of them all? Take your pick and people will give you stories about their computer virus adventure. Whether is a well known virus that has infected servers or personal Pc’s they’re all the same. Read more »
It’s almost a cliche that computers and viruses go together. But do you really know how a computer virus works inside a computer? Let’s get back to basics and identify the key elements of what a computer virus consists of? Read more »
Okay you know you have a virus. You know you have one because your PC acts in so many strange ways and that could be the only possible reason why your PC boots up unintentionally, why if you’re working in a WORD document that you can’t save it. Whatever the strange reason is you can safely conclude that there is a virus on your system.
What can you do about? Read more »
If you’ve been attacked with a computer virus then you know the headaches that it has caused you. Now multiply that problem a hundredfold when a network of computers gets hacked. Think of the administration and overhead problems that it causes not even talking about the open ended security glitches that may happen.
What kind of person would be inclined to do this to people they dont’ even know? Read more »
Computer viruses are caused and are not unintentional. These computer viruses are programs that play havoc on home computers and on networks connected with shared computers as well. Because these computer viruses are programs once they get into the system it becomes an auto pilot machine that can do anything and exploit the most secure aspects of the system.
How can you protect yourself from these computer viruses? Read more »
So does your computer come up with messages stating that you have viruses each and every time you boot up? And then do you do a security scan of your computer and find out you have none?
You even run the comprehensive scan and still can’t find anything but still at each boot up you get these messages? You know what these messages mean? Read more »
So how do you actually define or see a virus on a computer? Well a virus on a computer can take on many forms. The most obvious is your computer acting in ways that you’ve never seen before. I will note some of the characteristics that viruses have impacted computers later in this post. This does not withstand the fact that viruses come out all the time with newer versions and newer techniques in how to disrupt our lives on our PC. Read more »
Can you imagine that people are still asking this age old question? Where do computer viruses come from and why does it happen? Well it’s back to the basics here because the mark of a person with knowledge is one who knows the basics.
Because of the power and the range of our computers and less and less reliance on floppy disks the mass of computer viruses come from… Read more »
Sometimes it’s hard to distinguish between a computer virus and just overload on the system with too much software and not defragmenting on a regular basis. Taking the mindset that viruses are everywhere is a good paradaigm to take when it comes to your pc. Read more »
The subject of keeping your computer free and clear from viruses is a never ending subject. Thus the object of this blog is to give you as much information as I can forage to make sure you understand the importance of this subject.
If you want longevity from your computer then you should follow some basic guidelines on keeping your computer away from malicious scripts of software and the like. I’m going to give you some basic tenets on how to create a moat of protection for your computer so that you won’t be vulnerable to most common viruses. Read more »
My most recent post of keeping computers clear of viruses in the health sense of the word brings home the reality that computers and people can definitely get sick from viruses. If you don’t keep your computer healthy, sanitized and free from software viruses both the computer and you will suffer.
So what’s the point here? The importance and understanding on how pertinent to keep an ever vigilance eye on your computer on the aspect of protection. Read more »
The answer is obviously yes but not without reservations. We cannot let automation do all of the work for us and virus checkers does not replace common sense when it comes to email viruses.
It seems that every week email viruses get more prolific as time goes on and that there seems nothing that we can do about it. We rely heavily upon the antivirus software that we purchased to ferret out these viruses whether they exist in email or not. But there is a caveat here that we need to be aware of. Read more »
We all buy brand new computers thinking that we have the best and latest equipment that we can buy. Problem is there is always something we can add onto the computer and there lies the basic problem.
We want particular software on our system, we also need graphics, drivers and the like so that we can expect good results from our new PC.
But what happens when our system starts to become sluggish? What do we do now to improve performance? Read more »
Everyday you read about how a network got infected with viruses or that you heard through the grapevine that someones PC doesn’t boot properly. Sure you read but you don’t feel the pain associated with this type of scenario.
Why should you? It didn’t happen to you so why should you worry? I will tell you why you should worry and why no one is susceptible to the computer crash let alone computer viruses. Read more »
Believe it or not a computer virus may not be the culprit if you are experiencing physical memory dumps on your home PC. I know that this is the subject of this post but the keen eye will see this and want to know how about computer virus issues and how they may affect memory dumps. Read more »
Just because you have a computer doesn’t mean that you will eventually get a virus. That just isn’t true if you take precautions not to get a virus. So many people associate virus and computer with each other that they think they will get one is par for the course. Read more »
The hidden security exposure of click-jacking poses a real threat to people unaware of the consequences of click-jacking. Knowing that click-jacking is the hijacking of a particular website with an invisible dialog panel that redirects your information to another site should cause alarms to go off in your head.
Click-jacking in its truest form allows an attacker to take control of your clicks and use them against you. The use of a web cam and microphone can also be weapons used against you in the unauthorized capture of information on your own home PC. Read more »
Just what is this new phenomena called clickjacking? This type of hijacking your browser to create a malicious surveillance platform is one of the latest techniques used by hackers to exploit your PC. Knowing what to do in this type of situation is important to understand and why you should heed some advice in protecting yourself against this type of intrusion Read more »
Do you know if you have contracted a virus on your system? A lot of people don’t know and most don’t care. What I mean by don’t care is that these type people probably already have an antivirus software installed on their system. But the first step is taken in protecting yourself by having it installed but the second step is to insure that you have the latest updates. Unless you have the latest antivirus updates on your computer and run regular scans you might as well not have any type of antivirus software at all. Read more »
Whether you have a new computer that you just bought or an older model that you upgraded the plan is the same. The plan is to protect the information that’s on your computer. It’s real simple to protect your computers files if you follow some basic rules. Knowing that the Internet has its fair share of malicious scripts that can access your files unknowingly it would behoove you to at least install antivirus software that you can check against the latest virus attacks. Read more »
Here we go again with acronyms. They never seem to end so get used to the idea of combing words together and even making up words to make it seem complicated and never to be attained again. Well malware is actually comprised of two words made into one. Malware actually is a composition of malicious software put together. You’ll be able to decipher malware from each of the words. The word is a shortcut meaning used by computer professionals to generalize malicious script code software. Read more »
I should also have had a sub title to the effect “And How to Stop A Virus Dead In Its Tracks”. Reading posts on protecting your computer should be a daily ritual but this one particular post just may save you from the get go. How do you make a computer virus disappear taken literally doesn’t happen but you sure can fight back with the same type technology that you received it in. Read more »
Computer virus names aren’t based on the alphabet like they do hurricanes. In fact if they did then we would probably run the gamut of the alphabet 2 or 3 times over in a single year. No, the best that one can do to identify computer virus names is to name the categories that they fall into. That identification trait is a bit easier to handle than individual computer virus names. Read more »
There are plenty of precautions that you can take to insure that you never ever get a virus into your system. What computer virus precautions are not hard to implement, they’re not even complicated in nature to invoke. This post will outlay some of the more common routines that you can start instilling into your daily online life and have the peace of mind that you can avert computer viruses. Read more »
