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And here, it finally arrived!
Your computer is contaminated by a VIRUS!
Could you have avoided it?
Yes, on the condition of complying with certain simple rules.
A beautiful very new computer without protection attacked by a simple underhand and malevolent program, a simple small virus, can cause decelerations to even make unusable your computer. To avoid the viruses, you need a good antivirus, under Windows it is essential, under MAC it is less necessary. A good antivirus will undoubtedly avoid you all losing on your computer.
On Internet, you will be able to download free antiviruses (AVG or Avast 5 for example) but think of good of activating them and, especially, of regularly making the updates.
Still better, certain antiviruses enable you to program automatic updates. Do it when it is possible!
The free solutions interesting… but, often, are limited in their capacities and functionalities. If you can invest a few tens of euros, choose paying solutions rather all-in-a. These solutions not only will do their work of antivirus, but, moreover, will take other roles like the antione, the antione, etc… without counting the monitoring of entering e-mail, the whole in all transparency while you work on your computer.
But let us return to the viruses. A virus can come in several ways:
by a key USB or CD for example that a person nicely lent you without suspecting that an infected file is inside!
by a program downloaded on Internet which you do not suspect at all of being malevolent (ex: “to clean your PC thanks to our completely free program”)
by the networks peer-to-peer of exchanges of films, musics, software between private individuals (ex: Emulate – Kazaa)
by the reception of a simple e-mail containing an enclosure which could for example bear this name: image.jpg .exe (here it is the last extension which it is necessary to take into account, it acts without any doubt of a well hidden malevolent program)
To avoid the catastrophe, adopt good practices:
When you download new programs, always pass them to the antivirus before opening them and prefer sites which have well-established, especially for the computer software besides.
When you download musics, films, ensure you that your antivirus comprises a programme of checking of the sites peer-to-peer, often paying for this antivirus but if you are usual fact, do not hesitate to spend a few euros! Better! Prefer the legal sites! You will thus avoid a call to order related to the law Hadopi…
For your e-mail, to avoid absolutely configure your transport with an outline of the messages! You will locate more easily of the emails of the kind “RE …” is an email in answer whereas you do not know the shipper?
Here is typically the object of doubtful messages.
In general, never open a message of which you do not know the shipper, especially if this one contains an attached file.
There too the antiviruses can scanner your mail server and to locate possible intruders. And finally, NEVER open an enclosure in an email, record and pass it to the antivirus.
Attention if your computer were attacked by a Virus, it will be necessary all to clean thoroughly, to see reformater your hard drive! Thus regularly think of making external safeguards of your files!
These some rules should already enable you to largely reduce the risks of infection by a virus.
Your computer is contaminated by a VIRUS!
Could you have avoided it?
Yes, on the condition of complying with certain simple rules.
A beautiful very new computer without protection attacked by a simple underhand and malevolent program, a simple small virus, can cause decelerations to even make unusable your computer. To avoid the viruses, you need a good antivirus, under Windows it is essential, under MAC it is less necessary. A good antivirus will undoubtedly avoid you all losing on your computer.
On Internet, you will be able to download free antiviruses (AVG or Avast 5 for example) but think of good of activating them and, especially, of regularly making the updates.
Still better, certain antiviruses enable you to program automatic updates. Do it when it is possible!
The free solutions interesting… but, often, are limited in their capacities and functionalities. If you can invest a few tens of euros, choose paying solutions rather all-in-a. These solutions not only will do their work of antivirus, but, moreover, will take other roles like the antione, the antione, etc… without counting the monitoring of entering e-mail, the whole in all transparency while you work on your computer.
But let us return to the viruses. A virus can come in several ways:
by a key USB or CD for example that a person nicely lent you without suspecting that an infected file is inside!
by a program downloaded on Internet which you do not suspect at all of being malevolent (ex: “to clean your PC thanks to our completely free program”)
by the networks peer-to-peer of exchanges of films, musics, software between private individuals (ex: Emulate – Kazaa)
by the reception of a simple e-mail containing an enclosure which could for example bear this name: image.jpg .exe (here it is the last extension which it is necessary to take into account, it acts without any doubt of a well hidden malevolent program)
To avoid the catastrophe, adopt good practices:
When you download new programs, always pass them to the antivirus before opening them and prefer sites which have well-established, especially for the computer software besides.
When you download musics, films, ensure you that your antivirus comprises a programme of checking of the sites peer-to-peer, often paying for this antivirus but if you are usual fact, do not hesitate to spend a few euros! Better! Prefer the legal sites! You will thus avoid a call to order related to the law Hadopi…
For your e-mail, to avoid absolutely configure your transport with an outline of the messages! You will locate more easily of the emails of the kind “RE …” is an email in answer whereas you do not know the shipper?
Here is typically the object of doubtful messages.
In general, never open a message of which you do not know the shipper, especially if this one contains an attached file.
There too the antiviruses can scanner your mail server and to locate possible intruders. And finally, NEVER open an enclosure in an email, record and pass it to the antivirus.
Attention if your computer were attacked by a Virus, it will be necessary all to clean thoroughly, to see reformater your hard drive! Thus regularly think of making external safeguards of your files!
These some rules should already enable you to largely reduce the risks of infection by a virus.
