The Computer Virus: A closer look (3 of 3)

by mheo soriano

Prevention is better than cure.

The best way of combating computer virus is preventing it from getting into your system.

This also applies in the prevention of malwares that can disable your antivirus once it infiltrates your computer. The most popular tool for virus prevention is a virus scanner, it works to scan a file if it is harmful or not. If it detects a speck of malicious code it neutralizes it and gives you and option to delete the file or clean the file (options vary with the virus scanner).

Another tool which is equally as effective as the virus scanner is ‘common sense’. Never run or open any file sent from the email or from other people unless you are sure that it does not contain virus, it is est to delete it right away. Beware of the hazards of downloading stuff from the internet, chances are, you are downloading a malware.

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