What is a Virus?
A virus is a small software program that are designed to spread from one computer to another. By that way interfere with computer operations.The main way for a virus to spread is through your E-mail program.
What does it do?
A virus can corrupt or delete data on your computer, even erase everything on your hard disk. The virus spreads most easily from attachments in e-mails. That's why you should never open e-mail attachments unless you know who it's from. it can be disguised as a audio or video file or even a funny image. It can also spread trought downloads from the internet.
How to get rid of virus?
The most effective way is by not having an internet connection at all but that's not what we want isn't it? The other way is by an Anti-Virus program. So what program should you use? A good way is to try some out, there are many programs that you can test for free before you spend money on buying it. Here is a list of a few Anti-Virus programs with Free scan. Try em out and find the one that suits you!
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