Viruses happen. They’ve been around for years and unfortunately that doesn’t look like changing. What happens when you need to do a computer virus repair?
Of course, you should be running up to date anti virus software at all times.
But occasionally a virus will still slip through – an update fails, the anti virus software company launch a new version that causes your current one to stop getting updates or you’ve just plain ignored the “you need to update” messages.
So what do you need to do when you need to perform a virus repair on your computer?
If you’re not already running an up to date virus removal program, install one now. Most of the programs around can cure most viruses for you when they detect that you’ve got a problem. If you’ve got a boot sector virus you may not be so lucky, but otherwise there’s a good chance that they can help.
Unplug your network and internet cables. Disconnect from your home wireless network before you cause any damage there.
Then run the anti virus program, following any virus disinfection prompts as they appear.
Once that’s been done, reconnect your internet connection and if necessary update your anti virus software with the latest virus signatures and then re-run the software.
With luck, you’ve now repaired any virus infection you may have had.
Next, make sure you keep it that way.
Get Windows Security Center to advise you when there problems with your virus repair software. If you’re running XP or Vista, you’ll find the Security Center in your Control Panel (or just search Help and it will point you in the right direction).
Check your virus repair software settings. Make sure that the virus signatures are regularly updated so that you keep any potential future infection safely out of harms way.
By: Lucas Richardson
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March 9th, 2010Tackling Computer Worms That Reside on Your Network
January 2nd, 2010
Now if you have noticed your computer slowing down with some really mean things happening when you are trying to work its possible that you have been hit by computer worms. Almost every second computer in the world is infected with a computer virus worm. Many people don’t even know that they are infected till its two late.
You need to understand exactly what performance issues your computer has in order to determine that you do indeed have computer worms on your system. Many people seem to think that computer virus worms and other viruses are one in the same thing when in fact they are not. Many people even those who are pretty good at understanding computers are confused and find it hard to tell the difference when their system has been hit.
Computer worms and viruses are similar in a number of ways but they are also different. Their infection is different and they cause different problems. A computer worm is a program that is self replicating, and self propagating which is designed in a way to harm your and well as other’s computers on a network.
Now what self replicating means is that the program makes many copies of itself and then send themselves though the computer network to computers which are not protected.
Computer worms have the ability to work on their own and they don’t have to be linked to a particular program. A virus too is self replicating which is a similar characteristic to a computer worm. The difference is that a virus needs to be attached to a program or software or even a file in order for it to go live. On the other hand computer worms can spread on their own and don’t need to be associated with a program.
One of the biggest problems that computer worms cause is they wreak havoc with a computer network. Now because they are pretty much self propagating they spread like wild fire as they are able to find and get into unprotected computers on a network. They search for holes and get into a computer via that hole. So as a rule of thumb the more safe your network is the better protected you are from computer worms.
Viruses tend to get into files and corrupt them. They also infiltrate into computers posing as harmless files that when executed go live. This is why many people advise that you scan your email before you open them and never executive an Exe file without knowing who the sender is and what the program is supposed to do.
Now one of the best ways to prevent your computer getting infected by a worm is to protect your network. Get a good firewall software which will help you hold back programs that try to get in. You should also install a good anti virus program on your system that is regularly updated and which also can scan for computer worms as well as viruses.
The more you understand what these things are the better you can protect and defend yourself. So make sure that you use a good program and everything should be ok.
By: Adrian Keating
