You thoroughly researched anti-virus software to find the best program available for your computing needs. You consulted friends, family as well as unbiased tech-related sources of information




, to ensure that you chose the right program.

After your research you can proceed to order the anti-virus software from your local computer shop or even online. Once installed, you can run it in the background as you go on with your ordinary work. This way it should remove any viruses, worms, Trojans and malware leaving your computer protected.

However, your computer has other plans in store for you and out of no where crashes, leaving you to realize too late that it was infected by a virus and this virus cleaned out your entire hard drive, erasing your one year old child's first camcorder recorded footsteps and your presentation for a client you were dying to work with, a presentation a month in the making.

Many of us wonder what went wrong and end up blaming the manufacturer of the anti-virus program. Since the program had been running for some days, it must be the one with the problem. However, this might not be so especially if you forgot to update your program once you installed it.

Once protecting your computer using anti-virus software you must remember to update it regularly. The easiest way to remember to do this is to set your settings to check for updates daily. If you are unsure of how to do this you should consult your software's manual or help menu.

Although your anti-virus program has current definitions for all viruses and worms, a regular update is important because just like the anti-virus software programs, there are new viruses being developed on a daily basis. Some people dedicate their time to this either due to boredom or for other reasons. These new viruses can still infect your computer even with the anti-virus present causing it to crash.

Once updated your computer should be completely safe from the latest in malicious software. Some anti-virus software is advanced enough to detect viruses even if they are not defined in the software's library. This, however, is risky. It leaves you vulnerable to "new" viruses that may behave in different ways then "old" viruses and thus go undetected. By updating your software you can rest easy that your system will be protected from all of the viruses and worms.

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