One of the best ways to clean out a virus from your computer is to boot into an anti-virus program directly from CD or DVD. Being the disc is read-only, if any virus is present, it cannot be written to the disc. Most people know "live" discs like this as "emergency" or "recovery" discs, but sometimes all you want is the anti-virus...

It sounds like something straight out of Hollywood. A horde of merciless souls invading our world and wreaking havoc where ever they go. They are everywhere, and they are seemingly unstoppable. As far-fetched as this may sound, in a way, it is true. Zombie BotNets are real, are everywhere and pose a real threat. What are they and what can be done to stop...

A new virus has been discovered that is possibly the most deadliest to computer systems ever created. The video below will show you how to remove this virus. It is highly recommended that you forward this post to anyone you know that uses a computer. See video below for...

The world of computer viruses is not always understood by people. Often that lack of understanding can lead to unnecessary worry. This has given rise to virus hoaxes. A virus hoax is meant to simply scare people and has no actual harm potential to anybody’s computer. It is simply a practical joke and, cleverly done, can result in thousands of people...

Anti-virus software mostly works the same way. It scans your hard drive for particular signatures that indicate a known computer virus that is contained in the virus definitions supplied by the company. If it finds a sign of a virus, it will typically offer to quarantine or delete the infected file. Quarantining the file will place it in a tightly controlled...

Now that we have covered the general background of computer viruses, it all comes down to one thing: how do you prevent it? The good news is that it is very easy to prevent and it is not going to take long to explain this to you. Here are the general preventative techniques. Some of these will be obvious. Others perhaps not as much. [hidepost=1]Install and use...

There are new viruses, worms and trojans coming out all the time. The volume of new virus activity is actually pretty staggering. Some worms and viruses end up becoming more famous than others due to the speed of spread or the type of damage it causes. This, of course, is what the creator of the virus wanted – media coverage and notoriety. The larger majority...

There are a lot of different worms and viruses out there. You may think that the entire thing is beyond your control. However, it really is no more beyond your control than a biological virus. A biological virus, when it infects the host, becomes apparent by way of certain observable symptoms. You are not going to get a little notification on your screen saying...

Not all computer viruses are equal. After all, virus writers are often trying to impress their colleagues. Nobody would be impressed if they all did the same thing. So, yes, there is a lot of variety, not only in what the viruses do, how they spread, but also in methodology. We can classify this whole area into the following: [hidepost=1]Computer virus. A...

All computer viruses have an author. It was programmed by a real live person with the sole intent of creating a piece of software that will function like a virus. The people who create computer viruses are fairly tech inclined as they obviously have good programming skills. In fact, some virus programmers are actually employed as programmers. They are not...

You might wonder why it is called a virus. Is your computer getting sick? Is it going to die? Obviously a computer is not made up of cells. It cannot get sick the same way a person does. So, why is it called a virus? [hidepost=1] To understand this, let’s take a look at the biological virus? Let’s look at the definition of “virus” as defined in...