Protecting Yourself from Viruses - What to Do Should You Be Concerned?  YES!

 
I contracted a computer virus once.  Thankfully, it was not one of those really destructive viruses.  As a matter of fact, had I not known more about how my computer acts, I probably wouldn't have noticed it.  It just made my computer run funny, like when your car's not running right.  I got it from a floppy.  One friend of mine, picked up a virus that wouldn't let her screen saver work.  But the worst I know of is the virus that destroyed the bios of another friend's computer.  My friends viruses came from the web. A new breed of viruses are called worms. Usually they won't destroy things but will attach themselves to all your emails as you mail them.  Some things to do: 

• Be careful about what you download.  Only download files and programs from sites you trust. 
• Never download attachments to your e-mail from people you don't know.
• Get an anti-virus software like McAfee, Norton, PC-cillin 
  or Sophos.  You can download demos of their software by clicking on their names above. 
• Norton has a free version of their anti-virus software.  Click here to go to Nonags where you can download it.
• Make sure you keep the virus data files for your software up to date.  Check out your software mfgr's website for these updates.
• Make sure you scan, scan, scan.  You really shouldn't even trust that new floppy you just put in your a: drive. 

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Read about Melissa, other viruses, and hoaxes at the Computer Incident Advisory Capability Site.Aside from Melissa there's Pappa and Ping Visit Symantec.com and learn more

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