Virus Removal and Firewalls

We fully recommend using Anti-Virus, Firewall & Anti-Spyware software.

For further information about viruses, how to remove them and how to prevent them please read below.

What you need to know!

Without proper protection from Viruses everyone on the Internet is at risk! These days viruses and virus related problems are more common than ever before!! In an average day if your PC is connected to the Internet you could be port scanned, 10 to 100 times! If somebody ports scans you they are usually trying to find a way to get access to your PC, usually through a 'Trojan horse'! This is but one of thousands of ways virus related problems can affect you. Other ways are from virus contaminated e-mails and applications.

Below we have defined the three main different types of virus related problems, Viruses, Worms and Trojan Horses:

Definitions of a virus:

What is a Virus?

A virus is a manmade program or piece of code that causes an unexpected, usually negative, event. Viruses are often disguised games or images with clever marketing titles such as "Underwear, Hot!, nude."

What is a Worm?

Computer Worms are viuses that reside in the active memory of a computer and duplicate themselves. They may send copies of themselves to other computers, such as through email or Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

What is a Trojan Horse?

A Trojan horse program lets people have access to your PC and pretends to be a benign application; a Trojan horse program purposefully does something the user does not expect. Trojans are not viruses since they do not replicate, but Trojan horse programs can be just as destructive and give other people access to all your personal information.

How do I prevent my computer from getting infected?

Simple! Always make sure you have Anti-Virus and Firewall protection and you keep it up-to-date! If you have purchased a new PC you will probably have one installed but should you not we recommend Grisofts AVG Anti Virus plus Firewall.

How do I remove a virus if I have one?

This can be a little more tricky! The first thing to try is to try/buy AVG Anti-Virus and see if it can remove the Virus. In the worst case scenario the virus might have totally corrupted your operating system (Windows), in which case you might need to restore your PC back to factory settings or format and re-install your operating system.

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