Computer Virus

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ejaccion wrote:: Ano ba ang magagandang software para proteksyonan ang computer?

McAfee AntiVirus Plus. MSRP: $59.99. ...
Symantec Norton AntiVirus Basic. MSRP: $49.99. ...
Webroot SecureAnywhere AntiVirus. MSRP: $39.99. ...
Bitdefender Antivirus Plus. MSRP: $39.99. ...
Kaspersky Anti-Virus. MSRP: $59.99. ...
Sophos Home Premium. MSRP: $50.00. ...
Avast Pro Antivirus 2017. MSRP: $39.99. ...
ESET NOD32 Antivirus. MSRP: $39.99.

may bayad nga lang.

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mlskjames wrote:: meron bang good virus

Are There Good Viruses? The general consensus is that there are no good viruses. By definition, viruses do not have to do something bad. An early (and current) virus researcher, Fred Cohen, has argued that good computer viruses are a serious possibility.

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Crystaline Lovely wrote:: What can a computer virus do?

Some computer viruses are programmed to harm your computer by damaging programs, deleting files, or reformatting the hard drive. ... Even less harmful computer viruses can significantly disrupt your system's performance, sapping computer memory and causing frequent computer crashes.

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Crystaline Lovely wrote:: What type of a virus infects data files?

Macro viruses are particularly common due to the fact that: They attach to documents and files, which are platform independent.

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Florenz wrote:: What are some examples of free anti-virus software?

Avast! Free Antivirus. ...
Panda Cloud Antivirus. ...
Microsoft Security Essentials. ...
Avira AntiVir Personal Edition. ...
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. ...
Comodo Antivirus. ...
Immunet Protect FREE. ...
PC Tools AntiVirus Free.

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Netthan Baltazar wrote:: Does Windows come with a virus protection program?

Almost all versions of Microsoft Windows do not come pre-installed with an antivirus protection program. This includes: Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 2003, and Windows Vista.

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Netthan Baltazar wrote:: Is it ok to have a spyware and antivirus program installed?

Antivirus programs help prevent viruses and spyware from infecting a computer and therefore are one of the essential software programs each computer should have running at all times. ... If your computer does not have an antivirus program installed and running, we highly recommend that you install one today.

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Can your computer acquire virus through downloading files?

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Can your computer acquire virus through downloading files?

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what are quarantined threats?

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are all viruses harmful?

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Florenz wrote:: Can your computer acquire virus through downloading files?

Computer viruses are often present in download packages for seemingly legitimate software or files. You can perform a virus scan on all downloads using antivirus software. Be especially careful if you are downloading insecure files uploaded by a user, such as pirated video and music files.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: How does an antivirus work?

Antivirus software uses a database of virus signatures and checks executable files for these signatures. For instance, if you double-click “myprogram.exe” and it’s a virus disguised as a harmless program, the antivirus checks the executable file against its database of signatures and blocks the program if it comes up with a match.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: How to remove or uninstall an antivirus program

Open the Add or Remove Programs utility in Windows. 2. In the list of installed programs, find the antivirus program and select it by clicking it once with the left mouse button. To the right of the program name, click the Change/Remove or Uninstall button to initiate the uninstall process.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: Is it ok to have more than one antivirus installed?

You can't have two antivirus programs monitoring your computer at the same time because they conflict and cause your PC to crash. ... Yes, if you install two antivirus software in your system, the antivirus will detect each other as virus threats.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: Do antivirus companies create computer viruses?

Creating viruses would increase profits. There are plenty of viruses and other malware to justify the needs of antivirus programs. ... Antivirus companies are better at increasing their profits if they can keep their products up-to-date at detecting, and cleaning all computer viruses and other threats.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: What is a quick and deep or full antivirus scan?

A quick scan checks common areas for computers viruses. Scanned areas can include the computer memory and common areas of the hard drive, including the temporary Internet files and the operating system directory. Typically a quick scan takes less than 30 minutes to complete.

A full scan checks every area of the computer, including memory, hard drives and sometimes any external devices connected to the computer, like external hard drives and USB flash drives. Because the full scan checks everything, it takes longer to perform the scan. Depending on how much memory and hard drive space a computer has, it could take 30 minutes to several hours to complete a full scan.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: What is a quick and deep or full antivirus scan?

A quick scan checks common areas for computers viruses. Scanned areas can include the computer memory and common areas of the hard drive, including the temporary Internet files and the operating system directory. Typically a quick scan takes less than 30 minutes to complete.

A full scan checks every area of the computer, including memory, hard drives and sometimes any external devices connected to the computer, like external hard drives and USB flash drives. Because the full scan checks everything, it takes longer to perform the scan. Depending on how much memory and hard drive space a computer has, it could take 30 minutes to several hours to complete a full scan.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: Do antivirus companies create computer viruses?

Creating viruses would increase profits. There are plenty of viruses and other malware to justify the needs of antivirus programs. ... Antivirus companies are better at increasing their profits if they can keep their products up-to-date at detecting, and cleaning all computer viruses and other threats.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: Is it ok to have more than one antivirus installed?

You can't have two antivirus programs monitoring your computer at the same time because they conflict and cause your PC to crash. ... Yes, if you install two antivirus software in your system, the antivirus will detect each other as virus threats

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: How to remove or uninstall an antivirus program

Open the Add or Remove Programs utility in Windows. 2. In the list of installed programs, find the antivirus program and select it by clicking it once with the left mouse button. To the right of the program name, click the Change/Remove or Uninstall button to initiate the uninstall process.

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Amerodin Azis wrote:: How does an antivirus work?

ntivirus software uses a database of virus signatures and checks executable files for these signatures. For instance, if you double-click “myprogram.exe” and it’s a virus disguised as a harmless program, the antivirus checks the executable file against its database of signatures and blocks the program if it comes up with a match.

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greymarkb wrote:: What is the name of the viruses that fool a user into downloading and/or executing them by pretending to be useful applications?

I recommend a free program called Avast, and also running something called malwarebytes regularly to make sure you haven’t downloaded and installed any malware. Also examine your Activity Monitor (OSX) to see if anything you don’t recognize is running.

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Netthan Baltazar wrote:: What is the difference between a virus and malware?

Malware is abbreviation of malicious software which is basically a software developed by cyber criminals to run on user’s systems (PC or any device) and gather internal information or damage or make harm to the system or applications.
Virus is also a software program which we can define as a subset of Malware. There are different types of virus programs exist but generally virus programs are placed or attached to commonly used program so that virus programs will be activated when commonly used programs are started. These commonly used programs could be applications installed in your computer or attached to operating system files.

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Netthan Baltazar wrote:: How do I protect my computer from a virus?

Here are five basic ways that you can use to protect your PC from virus.
Install a virus protection or an antivirus software and perform regular updates.
Create strong passwords.
Be cautious with emails links.
Use a firewall and enhance your browser's Privacy Settings.
Use pop-up blocker and adjust your User Account Control.

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