According to some recent research by a group called "Get Safe Online", a whopping 17% of people do not have a virus scanner on their PC. 23% people also do not have a firewall (Source). These stats did amaze me when I first saw them. In today's society where major virus outbreaks hit the main news headlines alongside war, natrual disasters and presidential elections there is still such a large amount of people not using some kind of basic protection. Setting up a virus scanner is quick, easy and you can get very good virus scanners for FREE. Brlow is a link to a review of three of the best virus scanners out there.
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Yes Need, I did see this on Digg!
It's a case of just downloading one of these 3 solutions, installing and let it do it's thing in the background. You won't have to do any tricky setup. The most advanced thing you may have to do is to copy a string of text from an email into a popup the program loads on the first startup.
So if there is anyone out there without a virus scanner please, PLEASE get yourself a virus scanner. Without one you are exposing yourself to so much possible trouble. Just to scare you here are some things a virus/trojan could do to your PC:If anyone has anyone questions/points, post a reply. All the members here will be glad to answer any questions you have.
- Delete all your work, family photos etc.
- Send any personal information such as credit card details to the virus creator.
- Take control over your PC to perform illegal actions (hacking, spam etc.)
