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For those of you that believe your computer is safe think again !!

If you notice your computer seems to be going a bit slow sometimes, or you see your hard disk flashing for no apparent reason, then be suspicious. There are these nasty little things in the world of viruses and trojans that detach themselves from emails and web pages and find there way onto your computer without you knowing. One of the scariest in my opinion is the password banker. There are loads of them but what they have in common is theft. If one of these gets onto your computer, it will just sit and wait and do nothing until one day "the trigger" is activated. The trigger could be anything, including receiving a command via the Internet or accessing a particular URL - like your bank. Then it takes-up it work collecting your user-name and password and mailing them out to a database somewhere on the net. Now the rouges that sent the banker virus out can login to your account.

So, what can you do?

1. Get virus checking software - INSTALL IT AS PRESCRIBED else any self mutating/morphing virus will work around it. If you don't have a virus checker you can stick check your C: drive by going to www. Mcafee.co.uk where you can register free and run the latest virus scanner. It won't fix the problem (unless you buy the product) but it will alert you to any nasties under the bonnet.

2. Get a firewall - you can get that from Mcaffee too although there are free firewalls available on the web. These little applications warn you if anything is trying to write to your drive or more importantly if anything is trying to send info out from your computer. The firewall stops it.

Don't ignore it - it's becoming a major problem

Happy computing

 

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