WHY FREE ANTIVIRUS DOWNLOAD ?

Antivirus software download has become a must for every user today. 3 out of 100 e-mails are infected with a virus. Over 40 new viruses are found every week. Any new computer when connected to a broadband network without a firewall is likely to be infected within 8 minutes with worms and Spyware. The bubble boy worm gets activated just by opening the email, without opening the attachment! These and more facts are the reasons you must go and get an antivirus software right away.

Famous viruses: Melissa - 1999, Chernobyl virus - 1998, Loveletter, Nimda, CodeRed, SirCam, Bugbear, Sasser, Bagle, Mydoom, Lovsan, Klez. New threats: I-Worm, Avron, Korean, Sober worm. Signs of infection: A virus program constantly keeps a tab on your stored files, what you download, your emails and passwords, and passes on this information to outside parties. It may cause damage to your files, delete them permanently, stop normal booting of your computer, or cause it to crash at regular intervals. The following are some of the signs for the presence of a virus on your computer: - Sluggish, slow computer. - Any unusual activity not caused by you. - Problems opening emails, overloading. - Data files missing or corrupted. - Abnormal functioning of programs. - Freezing and interruptions. - Spam originating from your computer. How much damage: Apart from damaging your computer system, and your data and information, viruses and worms have disabled computer systems of private and government facilities, and are now a major source of risk to world economies everywhere. According to the UK based mi2g Intelligence Unit the estimated damage for the year 2004 was around US $ 200 billion spread over 600 million Windows running computers. Viruses are only one of the reasons that your computer malperforms. Hardware and software conflicts and bugs are still a major source of software malfunctions.

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How they spread: Once installed on a computer, the virus uses floppies, other such removable devices, emails, and the Internet to copy itself on to other computers and removable devices. Some or all of these routes are used: - Email attachments - Popular Internet downloads - Using other softwares: Trojans - Web site access with an insecure connection.   Popular targets - Windows: The most popular target of attackers is, needless to say, Windows and its products. From the OS to word processors, every window product is the most preferred and favorite target. All the more need for a good antivirus software download.