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Computers have become indispensable part of our lives. But after computer is a machine and is prone to get damaged due to viruses or any other physical activity. We need to take care of it in order to make it functional all the time. So computer security comes into concern where ever there is internet technology. There are times when your computer tends to become slow due to virus attacks so let us understand what computer virus is? Computer viruses are malicious programs that start operating from any location of your system. Computer viruses are like biological viruses that have the tendency to replicate and spread from one work station to another placed in the same network. They are primarily responsible for sudden corruption and deletion of files. But how do you come to know that your system has been affected by virus. The signs and symptoms are quite obvious; you might face the issue of slow system, blue screen errors, abrupt reboots, frequent error messages and a large number of pop up window ads. All these indicate the possibility of virus or spyware attack. Usually there are different types of computer viruses like web bugs, Trojan horses and worms that harm your computer. They self infest in your computer without your proper knowledge and corrupt the sensitive information.
Now let us know the different methods to get rid of computer viruses with the help of computer repair experts.
Use anti spyware programs: Spyware poses a high security threat to your computer. These programs spy on your computer, steal all valuable information and even alter the configuration of your system. These are some of the signs of spyware attack like random changes in your web browser, frequent error messages, slow system and changes in search engine options.
Choose antivirus software: Generally antivirus software forms the part of your operating system as it is pre-installed. But the market offers you better choices. Some of the leading antivirus software includes programs like Norton, McAfee, AVG and Avast . Of these AVG and Avast are free downloadable software. McAfee is the oldest, Norton is the heaviest while McAfee is the sturdy retail antivirus software. Norton is one of the best antivirus software but there is only one disadvantage that installation might slowdown your system. Nowadays computer user prefer to go for AVG as it is one of the popular ones as it upgrades itself at regular intervals without prompting the user every time.
Rescue disks and online antivirus software: Like antivirus software, computer viruses also upgrade themselves. But sometimes they do allow you to access antivirus software installed in your system. Then what you should? For this you need to free online tools and few online virus scanning software to tackle these risky situations. Some of these are Avast Virus cleaner, McAfee scanner, Kaspersky online virus scanner, Trend Housecall and Panda Activescan.
You can also go for rescue disk to get rid of the above problem. If you want to install antivirus software the user has to create rescue disk' and prompt him to reboot. The rescue disks load antivirus software much before the operating system loads itself.
