Articles of category "Antivirus software"

A deadly new virus under the name of W32/Nyxem-D which spreads via email attached file is set to strike on the third day of every month half an hour after the infected computer boots up. The damage caused by this virus could be extensive. If unsuspecting user opens the infected attached file it gets into the system and start delivering itself to all the available email addresses residing in the infected computer.

The software is designed to prevent several types of threats: viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, adware, etc. In the case a computer is already infected by a virus, a program makes a Virus Recovery DataBase with the help of which you can treat infected files instead of deleting them. You can download the program with a multi-language support and choose among several skins available.

The free-of-charge MicroWorld AntiVirus Toolkit Utility (MWAV) eventually is the so-called On-Demand-Scanner and is a version of the eScan Antivirus. The advantages of escan antivirus can be clearly seen. To begin with, eScan exploits Kaspersky Scan Engine and also its daily-updated databases. One doesn't have to install it, it is enough to unzip it from the archive.

The number of viruses of different types is increasing day by day and some people often hesitate and simply don't know what to do when their PCs stop working properly. They try to find the way out immediately when their computes get affected by various Worms, Macro Viruses, Trojans or something like this. People start contacting companies which provide antivirus programs.

Mobile phone industry is modernized day by day. The new mobile devices become more and more complicated and have more and more different functions. At the present moment there exist more than 60 various viruses, worms, Trojan horses that infect mobile phones and other mobile devices (pocket PCs, smartphones, etc.) For a long period of time mobile viruses were treated as something that doesn't exist in real life, however in the last 3-5 years the community realized the seriousness of this problem.

Nowadays Spyware has become an overwhelming problem, making a bad influence on the work of thousands of computers. The most popular freely-distributed software today is filled with spyware and adware from many different providers. Besides, many different companies have a great number of small programs that violate users' privacy policy in every possible way.

Every computer user nowadays has to understand the risk of computer viruses, Trojan horses and worms. One has to be always well-informed about the threats viruses represent and have a reliable antivirus program installed, because new versions of malicious code are produced every day. It is getting more and more difficult to deal with the new viruses day by day.

Norton AntiVirus company was established in 1990, and according to the latest reviews more than 100 million people all over the world have tried it at least once. The first modifications of Norton AntiVirus have inherited much from CPAV (Central Point Anti-Virus), which was bought by Symantec in 1994. Microsoft corporation has build in Central Point Anti-Virus into its Anti-Virus utility.

People receive e-mail messages every day. Some of them are connected with their business activity, others are coming from friends and relatives, and some messages come from "nowhere". Be very careful with the e-mails of unknown origin, inspect them thoroughly before opening, as they can contain a generous "gift" from some hacker with viruses or spyware. If you are unsure about some e-mail, better delete it immediately without any hesitation.

It is generally admitted that in modern world antivirus software is essential protection from unauthorized access, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware. But the multiplicity of antivirus software on the market makes it difficult for a simple user to choose a reliable product that will satisfy all his needs, will be simple and will not require much system resources.

If your e-mail address was caught by spyware (spam bots, etc.), it is a rather serious matter. After that the infected message will be distributed among your friends and co-workers, whose e-mails were in your address book. The consequences of this are rather impressive: several large companies had to stop their email servers for some time as the computers were infected by email viruses.

Software experts alarm each user about the increased number of virus attacks. According to their opinion, we are now experiencing a real virus boom. To protect your computer from viruses you need to use a well-known, powerful and advanced antivirus software and update it at least once a week.

New type of Kaspersky anti virus software provides convenient features for the data protection of the mobile devices.

Spyware becomes the real headache for anti-virus software developers.

Prevention of viruses, spreading through the network, can be achieved with the help of the Mailscanner tool.