Computer Viruses Are No Joke

The amazing advance in Internet use during the past decade has spawned a new breed of malicious unasked for visitors to your computer and/or network. Computer viruses are sadly alive and well, and just waiting for a opportunity to infect your computer. This makes the necessity for good quality computer internet security more important than ever. This article will look into some of the more frequent signs that will alert you to the fact that your computer may be home to some undesirable guests.

If you are are a computer user of any type, recreational surfer, gamer, or internet marketer, the risk of a computer virus attack should not be utterly new to you. Computer internet security is gigantic commerce these days as evidenced by the countless internet security products or internet security systems now to be had to help shield your computer and/or network. With anywhere from 100-500 new types of computer viruses being identified every day, this is a very rewarding niche to be in at this time.

Fortunately the majority of readers of this article will own some sort of computer internet security installed as most commercially sold computers do come with some kind of antivirus security pre-install and operating systems such as Window XP and Vista do have at least fundamental onboard programs running that will notice many ordinary viruses, provided you perform your updates on a consistent basis.

Unfortunately these “free” antivirus whether part of your computer O/S, pre-loaded on your computer or offered as a download will merely offer you a fundamental degree of defense. Without doubt this not the best internet security existing, but clearly much superior than no virus protection at all.

Any sort of an antivirus computer internet security system will provide you with some sort of virus infection alert. Most often some type of a scanning register that tells the computer user what was uncovered and steps taken to deal with the virus threat. Unfortunately you receive what you pay for with respect to antivirus programs, so the value of the computer internet security software you have installed will decide just how many viruses kinds will be uncovered, (providing you do recurrent updates), and successfully dealt with. Unfortunately it is very possible that you can have viruses on your computer that your current antivirus program, or lack of one, may not even identify as being present.

In spite of the enormous numbers of viruses lurking on the Internet or hidden in contaminated software, there are some general traits that will grant us clear clues that we have an uninvited visitor residing inside our computer. Some clues are
1. Mysterious keyboard glitches such as keys abruptly not working or not doing what they typically should.
2. Programs loading and performing much slower than ordinary.
3. Lost data files or files that oddly will no longer open.
4. Computer hard drive filling up for no explicable purpose.
5. Display monitor showing bizarre colors or letters moving in the direction of the screen bottom.
6. Appearance on screen of machine rubbish, silly messages, threats, etc. for no apparent reason.
7. E-mails sent from your computer to people in your address book, without your realization.

Unfortunately the above list of glitches may not be all that is happening to your computer and/or network. Scores of viruses now run in the background doing their dirty business without you knowing, such as the infamous “key logger” viruses, that can appropriate your passwords and credit data, then send it on to their inventor without your realization!

Obviously as soon as you become alert that there is a strong prospect that your computer and/or network is under attack, STOP running your computer system until you can deal with the menace effectively. This should signify buying and loading a quality computer internet security software or upgrading what you have installed now, to something newer and improved. If you are a network user, tell your network administrator without delay of the virus assault to help avoid the virus infection from spreading to other users.

Bear in mind the greatest computer internet security starts with YOU, the computer owner-operator, and how willing you are to observe careful computing practices and to spend your earnings on the best internet security software you can manage to pay for.

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