Protect your computer from virus
by admin | June 7, 2008 in General News | No Comments
Internet is full store of everything. You can find out the information, free software and anything you want from internet. Just open your browser and get connected to internet, open your favorites search engine and then enter the keyword and press enter, the thousand of link served to you in second.
Via internet you can send and read email from friends from all over the world. But via email your computer can harmful from virusA virus is a harmful program that can copy itself and infect various parts of your computer software, such as documents, programs, and parts of your operating system. Most viruses attach themselves to a file or part of your hard disk and then copy themselves to other places within the operating system. Some viruses contain code that inflicts extra damage by deleting files or lowering your security settings, inviting further attacks.
, wormA worm is a harmful program that makes copies of itself and can spread outside your operating system; it can copy itself from one computer to another by using e-mail or some other transport mechanism. Worms can damage computer data and security in much the same ways as viruses, but are different from viruses in that they copy themselves from system to system.
and Trojan HorseA Trojan horse is a harmless-looking program designed to trick you into thinking it is something you want, but which performs harmful acts when it runs. It is typically received through downloads from the Internet. Trojan horses do not spread by themselves like viruses and worms can. Most virus protection programs only detect a limited number of Trojan horses. A good way to help protect your computer from Trojan horses is to visit only Web sites you trust, and avoid downloading things unless you trust the source as well..
Using antivirus software it is strongly recommended that you help protect your computer. If you are administrator of a network you must used antivirus to protect your network from harmful virus.
There is much antivirus software that you can use like Norton Anti Virus or McAfee Virus Scan. You can use AVG Anti Virus free version that you can download from http://free.grisoft.com.
The main different between free version and commercial version is only on technical support and additional feature which disable in free version. But the free version is good enough to against harmful virus, worm and Trojan.
The AVG Antivirus very excellent to protect your computer and no need more resource from the system. AVG Anti Virus present automatic update database virus from internet and you can set the schedule to scan. Its work when you booting your computer until you shutdown the computer.
To scanning manually, you only open AVG Test Center. And to configure it just go to AVG Control Center.

