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Viruses are Dangerous software that can cause great damage to your system.The antivirus software can protect your system from Virus,however at time they may not detect the new viruses .The best way to protect your system from Viruses is to prevent viruses from getting into your system ,as the virus mostly causes damage only after you run the virus infected file on your system
Preventing Virus Attacks
① install Antivirus Software.
② Configure the Antivirus Software to provide adequate protection by increasing the level of protection.
③ Regularly Update the Antivirus Software.
④ Scan Floppy Disk and Email messages before opening them.
⑤ Be careful before executing files that you receive by email with the extension .exe , .com or .vbs on the system ,as they can be infected with virus.
⑥ Open email attachment files only if you are expecting the attached file or the sender is known and has confirmed sending the file.
⑦ inform the sender of an email of you suspect that someone has sent you a virus.
⑧ Store a fake contact in your system address book such as abcxyz@123.com so that you will get the bounced email if your system is infected and a worm or virus tries to send out emails using your Account .
⑨ Try to avoid downloading and installing software from internet .if you have to download files ,download them from trusted sources.
⑩ install Only Registered copies of software on the system.
⑪ Visit The Antivirus Websites and refer to news Websites to know the latest viruses affecting systems.
⑫ Download and Run virus removal tools for the latest Viruses Available on trusted Antivirus websites, such as www.avast.com.
⑬ Disconnect an infected system from the network and then scan it..
⑭ In addition , to prevent the boot Sector Viruses ,you can use a write-protected floppy disk as ; the vir cannot copy itself to a Write -protected disk .
⑮ To protect your system from marco viruses , disable the execution of macros on your system .
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