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By Robin Nobles

Lessen Your Chances at Getting a Computer Virus
Part 2

by Robin Nobles

Last week, we began a discussion on how you can lessen your
chances at getting a computer virus. We discussed how a good
friend could send you an email with an attachment, and how that
attachment could contain a virus without your friend even knowing
about it.

So, with full confidence, you click on the attachment, and viola!
Your system is infected with the W32.Badtrans.13312@mm worm, for
example, which will automatically reply to all of your unread
email, send them a copy of the virus, and open a “backdoor” into
your system, all without your being aware of what’s happening.
However, if you have a good virus protection program with up-to-
date virus definitions, the program should spot the virus before
you ever click on the attachment.

But, let’s say that a virus got under your program’s radar, so
the next time the program scans your system, you’re informed that
you have a virus. How do you get rid of it?

When your virus protection program spots a virus on your system,
simply follow the program’s suggestions for getting rid of it.
The program will either delete the virus and clean your system,
or it will quarantine the virus files.

If, for some reason, your program can’t get rid of the virus,
visit Symantec and look through their Virus Removal Tools. There
may be a tool for removing your particular virus.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/tools.list.html

If there isn’t, go to their Virus Encyclopedia and search for
your virus by typing in the name of the infected file. The
Encyclopedia will then give you instructions for getting rid of
the virus, which you will need to follow closely.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/vinfodb.html

Another thing to keep in mind. Many viruses use the Micro!
soft

Outlook email program to replicate and send themselves back out
to everyone in your email address book. So, if you use Outlook or
Outlook Express, make sure your virus protection is the best it
can be, and keep away from attachments if at all possible.
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/ms00-043.html

Let’s close with a short discussion about backing up your files.
Do you conduct daily, or at least weekly, backups of your
important files? If not, you should! After all, if you’re hit
with a major virus that virtually wipes out your hard drive, you
could lose most all of your important data. You may already have
MS Backup on your system, and you can schedule it to run at a
certain time every day or week. To see, click on Start, Programs,
Accessories, System Tools, and look for Backup. Or, purchase a
backup software program like NovaStor. http://www.novastor.com/


This article was written by Robin Nobles, a professional
freelance writer and the Director of Training at the Academy of
Web Specialists (http://www.academywebspecialists.com). Over the
past few years, she has trained over 1000 people in her online
and onsite courses in search engine positioning strategies and
has written three books that can be ordered through Amazon. Visit
the Academy’s training Web site to learn more about their online
courses: http://www.onlinewebtraining.com. Or, visit Robin’s
personal Web site at http://www.robinsnest.com.

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