“An e-mail virus is computer code sent to you as an e-mail note attachment which, if activated, will cause some unexpected and usually harmful effect, such as destroying certain files on your hard disk and causing the attachment to be remailed to everyone in your address book. Although not the only kind of computer virus, e-mail viruses are the best known and undoubtedly cause the greatest loss of time and money overall.

The best two defenses against e-mail viruses for the individual user are (1) a policy of never opening (for example, double-clicking on) an e-mail attachment unless you know who sent it and what the attachment contains, and (2) installing and using anti-virus software to scan any attachment before you open it. (more…)

“Would you leave thousands of dollars in cash out on the dinning room table when company is coming over. Most likely not. So why would you leave your computer unprotected on the internet. Learn how to protect your computer below.

Things You’ll Need:

• Computer.
• Free Anti-Virus software.
• internet. (more…)