Antivirus software is an integral part for your computer if you wish to connect your computer to internet. This software is increasingly becoming a necessity to be installed with the system as to protect it from viruses, malicious codes and worms.

A number of maliciously intended personalities are sending the viruses to harm computers around the world via internet.

What is computer virus?

A code or a program that can duplicate inside the system or throughout the system infecting the system.

Dealing with virus can be very expensive. These viruses are loaded on to the computer with out the knowledge of the system owner to harm the system seriously like damaging and altering the files.

Computer viruses are capable for attching themselves to the program files and are activated from the instance the programs are run.

Computer viruses can exist be being:

• active in the memory of your computer
• Laying in your boot records and files dormant

A computer virus exists and has three approaching phases:

1. Infection: the virus in capable for infecting your computer. Following are some of the ways of spreading infection

• by visiting an infected website
• opening the infected attachment passed on to you by email
• by downloading malicious software

Install antivirus software to protect your computer

This software helps you to protect your system against computer viruses effectively. Virus can damage the software of your computer even the operating system but cannot damage hardware of your system, physically.

2. Virus Detection: in case you have virus detected in your system, the software installed to the system as antivirus must start working and then quarantine the virus to have problems prevented.

3. Virus Recovery: a virus removal program must be used to have detected viruses removed. In case you do not have them removed then be informed you would have your system destroyed and damaged.

Two types of antivirus software are available at instance to fight against virus.

• generic virus-detection software
• scanning software

Make sure that your antivirus software is installed properly:

Make sure to see that:

• it is configured in effect to give your complete protection.
• It is set to give all your files complete and automatic scan.

Use your antivirus software:

Scan your complete system if you are installing antivirus system for the first time.

• get in to the practice for regularly downloading patches of software
• make sure you are regularly scanning the removable medias
• never download stuff from sites and people you do not trust
• always install legal copies of the software to your system
• Always keep a back up for your system and up-to-date it regularly.
• Always write-protect your diskettes
• Make sure you do not open an email attachment until you have it checked for viruses.

Go and get the best suited software for yourself.