| As the Internet threats continue to increase in | | | | components' distraction. |
| number and complexity, some of the best | | | | The most common way of getting a virus is |
| antivirus programs, like Norton and McAfee, | | | | from an email attachment, which is a file |
| quickly respond to the justifiable consumer need | | | | connected to an email message. Ranging from a |
| to keep their computer environment secure. New | | | | simple Word or Excel file and images in JPEGs or |
| and improved features enable these enhanced | | | | GIFs formats, to any other type of file, even |
| versions of antivirus and antispyware programs to | | | | small computer programs, viruses travel through |
| detect, then quarantine and finally remove | | | | the cyberspace generating distraction and |
| malicious code, which can harm computer files and | | | | annoyance among all computer holders. The most |
| or disrupt a variety of computer functions. | | | | annoying thing of all is that usually everything |
| Computer viruses are software programs | | | | begins from an unwary computer user who |
| deliberately designed to interfere with the usual | | | | shares the malicious file with others without even |
| computer operations, by recording, transmitting, | | | | knowing it. In fact, even those wary computer |
| corrupting, or deleting data. Some of these | | | | savvies can be mislead, as some of the viruses |
| malicious programs also have the ability to copy | | | | existing today are extremely sophisticated forms |
| themselves to other computer systems and thus | | | | of malicious software programs that run at the |
| spread to new unaffected computer units, much | | | | background of other computer programs, kwon |
| alike a human virus does. Since the introduction of | | | | also as worms. Alarmingly, these more advanced |
| the Internet, these dangerous software programs | | | | virus forms can replicate and send themselves |
| have increased in number and frequency, causing | | | | automatically to other computers by controlling |
| people to take measures against them. Nobody | | | | other software programs, such as an email |
| wishes to experience the frustration and anxiety | | | | sharing application. |
| of having to find ways to retrieve precious | | | | The antivirus and antispyware programs, by |
| personal or business-related data, which most of | | | | scanning the files your computer's operating |
| the times are damaged severely or lost forever. | | | | system creates, opens, closes or emails, is able to |
| In fact, the computer viruses can be of any form. | | | | inform you in case a known virus is detected and |
| They range from annoying software programs | | | | attempts to enter your system. After the most |
| that run during setup mode and decrease a | | | | recent forms of highly dangerous viruses called |
| computer's ability to function properly by slowing | | | | Trojans, for one to achieve consistent success in |
| things down or causing problems during an | | | | the medium to long term, it is necessary to keep |
| otherwise simple process, to complex destructive | | | | his or her system fully patched via frequent |
| programs that may lead to the complete deletion | | | | downloads of updated virus dictionary entries. |
| of a computer's memory or other important | | | | |