How to Choose Virus-Protection Software

Most new consumer model and major brand mail-order computers include good anti-virus programs. But if you use the Internet or share files and you don't have one, you definitely need one.


Steps:
1. Buy one of the leading anti-virus programs, such as Symantec's Norton Anti-Virus, McAfee VirusScan, Quarterdeck ViruSweep, or Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus. The major developers can be relied upon to release timely periodic updates that deal with new viruses.

2. Check reviews and ratings on the Internet and in computer magazines to narrow your buying decision.

3. Download a shareware anti-virus program if you cannot afford an effective commercial anti-virus program.

4. Spend no more than $50 for a commercial anti-virus program.

5. Evaluate the terms for frequent upgrades to your program before buying. Most manufacturers offer free upgrades that detect newly created viruses.


Tips:
Anti-virus programs are often bundled with other utilities and applications, offering a discount from buying the programs separately.

Keep your anti-virus program current to prevent your computer from becoming infected by newly created viruses. Criminals are constantly devising ways to damage computers with viruses.


Tips from Users:
Free Antivirus
An excellent and free antivirus program with regular updates is available online. Home users get it free from http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php while corporate businesses have to pay them. (This is where they make money from.)

Just like any other antivirus software, AVG also allows email client integration so that your emails coming into your Outlook or Outlook Express Inbox are scanned automatically.

The only thing you need to do is tweak it in the beginning so that you can download updates that are more than a day old. (The default is 14 days.)
 

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