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What Is Antivirus Software And Why Do I Need It?
By Dean Erickson
Anti virus software is important for your computer's (and your)wellbeing and the Internet can help out with some freeutilities.
How long have you been on the Internet? And you don't have anyAntivirus software? That's certainly a big risk. Antivirussoftware utilities are expensive? Yes, it is true. Many of theseprograms are expensive, but they are absolutely essential.
Once installed on your system, and if kept properly updated of all virus definitions, an antivirus software utility will scan all files and separate the suspicious from the safe. It will alert you if a file is infected and either delete it or quarantine it so it cannot cause havoc with your machine. Thatway you system is constantly protected from the destructivebehaviour of viruses. You will not be at risk of infection and,since a virus replicates itself, you will not risk infectingyour friends. Still, if your budget is too limited to includesome of the heavyweight antivirus solutions such as Symantec'sNorton, McAfee or Kaspersky, there are some free optionsavailable if you know where to look.
You basically have two options when it comes to free antivirusprotection. You can use a free antivirus software package or youcan do an online virus scan. Choosing an online virus scan isbasically a good introduction to a product. Trendmicro.com scansyour hard drive for free using its House Call antivirus softwareprogram. You allow the program access to your hard drive. Itscans, locates
and clean your infected files, if any, but won'tcollect personal information or log you IP address.
Do a quick web search for Free Online Virus Scan to bring upsome other websites that offer the same service.
You ultimately need to install good antivirus software right onyour computer. The most important thing that such software doesis real time scanning. This means that whenever you downloademail or enter a website it is scanning the files and programsyou may be downloading and checking to see that they are virusfree. If a virus is detected the software will warn you rightaway, before you open the file and infect your computer.
There are options. If you type Free Anti Virus SoftwareDownloads or Free Antivirus Utilities you'll bring up variousresults. Products like ClamAV, AntiVir Personal Edition, AVGAnti-Virus software, avast!, BitDefender are all free. As withany antivirus software utility you need to keep it updatedregularly of all virus definitions so that it can do its jobproperly. The utility needs to be informed of the all activeviruses so that it knows how to protect your system.
A virus seeks out users with a slack awareness of their computer's security needs. Be informed. Do a virus scan today.
About the author:Journalist, and web site builder Dean Erickson lives in Texas.He is the owner and co-editor offree-spyware-removal-finder.info on which you will find alonger, more detailed version of this article.
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