Nov 30, 2005 07:45 PM
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(Updated Jan 06, 2006 05:40 PM)
Do you feel helpless against the attack of viruses, spyware on your PC?
Do you have a remedy for a sudden crash?
Do you often loose all your important data?
If you have answered yes to any of the above questions you surely need a good and reliable antivirus software.
What is an antivirus?
It is a software program designed to identify and remove a known or potential computer virus.It also protects a computer from the other threats listed below:
(a)Spyware & Adware(Malware)
(b)Internet Worms
(c)Script Malware & Hackers
(d)Many more things which you can't imagine.
It also protects your data and harddisk from getting infected or destroyed by a virus.Some of the antiviruse's have a firewall protection option/tool.If this option is turned on, it protects your computer from various hackers and scripts to some extent.
The antivirus also keeps a check on the activities performed in the background by your computer while you are working on it and if it recognises this activity as a wrong one, then it straight away alerts you.
How to choose the appropriate antivirus for your System/PC?
What to look for?
Firstly check the market rating/price of the antivirus you are buying, on the internet or by asking a computer vendor.
After that if given on the cover, read all it's features and requirements.It should have a virus scanner/fixer, proper firewall, script and worm protector.It is supposed to have a very important feature named'Track Windows Changes' which as told above keeps a check on the activities performed .Coming to the requirements section, they should be full-filled by your PC.
The antivirus should be light, means that it must not occupy a huge space in the harddisk or else it will make your PC sluggish as each day passes by and your processor may take more time than usual for startup.
The antivirus should have a update feature so that you can renew your software version, virus definitions etc every week or so.
You can choose from the 3 famous antivirus software's till date, listed below:
1.Mcafee Antivirus(Virus Scan Version 10.0)
(For more details log on to: https://mcafee.com/us)
2.Norton Antivirus 2006
(For more details log on to: https://symantec.com/)
3.Bitdefender professional 9.0
(For more details log on to: https://bitdefender.com/)
The antivirus rating is according to my experiance with them.
I will be waiting for your invaluable comments.
