Having a virus solution is absolutely critical to any computing environment. A single virus can render your computer or network useless and put a complete halt to your productivity and that's not the worst part... Malicious viruses can destroy your important data and compromise your personal/company information to hackers or other unknown sources. DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU, call The Computer Fix and we can help you setup a strategic defense against the ever growing threat of virus attacks or help you contain a virus outbreak.

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What is a Virus?
A virus is a manmade program or piece of code that causes an unexpected, usually negative, event. Viruses are often disguised games or images with clever marketing titles.

What is a Worm?
Computer Worms are viruses that reside in the active memory of a computer and duplicate themselves. They may send copies of themselves to other computers, such as through email or Internet Relay Chat (IRC).

What is a Trojan Horse?
A Trojan horse program is a malicious program that pretends to be a benign application; a Trojan horse program purposefully does something the user does not expect. Trojans are not viruses since they do not replicate, but Trojan horse programs can be just as destructive.

Where can Antivirus be used?

¤ Mail servers ¤ Firewalls and Gateways ¤ Desktops and Desktop Servers ¤ Email clients such as Outlook ¤ Web Browsers such as Internet Explorer ¤ Scanning computers and desktops ¤ New and untrusted documents and programs

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Spyware is an rapidly increasing risk to your data and security. Computer running slow? Internet Explorer have a lot of pop-ups? Your homepage mysteriously changed? These are all classic symptoms of spyware infected computers. Spyware has quickly evolved from an online nuisance to one of the most dire threats facing the Internet.

What can spyware do to your computer?

¤ Steal your personal information and address book (identity theft and keystroke-logging). ¤ Flood your browser with pop-up advertising. ¤ Spam your inbox with advertising emails. ¤ Slow down your connection. ¤ Hijack your browser and redirect you to an advertisment or spam webpage. ¤ Use your computer as a secret server to broadcast pornography files. ¤ Slow down or crash your computer.

How does spyware infect PC's and what are the risks?
Spyware can be installed on your computer just by visiting a website. Popup windows and compromised websites are often sources of spyware. The risks are enormous, Spyware can steal your information such as passwords, email contact lists and banking information.

What can be done about spyware?
Avoiding and destroying spyware is not instant, and it is not a one-time event like an inoculation. Instead, stopping spyware/malware is a long-term process. You need constant vigilance, and a regular cleaning/prevention of malware out of your computer systems. The Computer Fix can help you develop a plan to help combat the ever growing threat of Spyware and Malware.