Virus Removal & Prevention
Virus and other Malware can cause major productivity problems and expose your private information to hackers all over the world. There have been cases of hackers using Malware to steal online banking information. The stolen information was the distributed to hackers all over the world via bot-nets.
The first step is having anti-virus and anti-malware software installed and up to date. Knowing the name and look of the antivirus software you are using is very important. Malware may pop-up windows claiming to be your antivirus software. It is important to be able to distinguish your anti-virus software from a scam.
Keeping your operating system and other software up to date and patched is critical because new vulnerable are found every day.
Be careful when choosing which sites to visit. Even with ant-virus and anti-malware software installed malware can still sometimes get through. For even higher security a “virtual machine” could be setup for internet use.
