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About the nasty nasty virus
A Virus in general is file that when executed attacks the operating system, memory and hard drive space. Viruses are nasty files that come from CD's, Floppy disks, the internet, e-mail...etc. Viruses can be deadly to your computer. One of the tricks is to put the virus file inside a normal file that you would use all of the time. The virus then is able to do its vindictive thing over and over.
It gets worse. Most viruses have the ability to move itself to the Floppy disks, or the internet, or e-mail...etc. Where it then can find a new home on a different computer and start it's vindictive processes again. The above is a simple analyst of a virus, And details on how a virus works is beyond the scope of this text.
Get your virus scanner here
Stop the onslaught of viruses. Almost all computers have or had a virus at one time. The best solution is to install a virus scanner like "Norton" or “Mc-afee” for about $60.00 a year.
Below is one of the free version of a great virus scanner. Go to the site and read the detals. Click the “AVG free edition” button on the left side of the site. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on download. Save the file in your download folder on your computer Go to your download folder and click on the download file to do the install. Click this link to get your virus scanner http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php
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