Author: Daniel Klapisch
The threats to your computer are endless. Since the introduction of the internet, the risk of acquiring a harmful bug is actually pretty high, especially if your computer is left unprotected. With sixty-thousand harmful variants being ascertained daily, the need to start protecting yourself is ever present. Having been pioneered in nineteen eighties, Anti-malware software or Anti-virus Software as it is more commonly known is a computer program specifically designed to aid your computer and keep it running as smooth as possible. Perceiving and eliminating any harmful code that could potentially cause your computer damage such as Trojans or adware the Anti-virus program deems to be destructive.
These usually fall under one of two categories.
The first of which is known as a residential virus.
This is where harmful code is stored within the memory banks of your computer and has the potential to infect any program that is currently being run. The removal of such threats is usually done by manually initiating a scan however; these can go undetected until it’s too late.
The second harmful category can be known as a non-residential virus.
This type of threat requires implementation before it has the ability to infect your computer. This has a tendency to affect your computer fast and can do a lot of damage rather quickly if left to its own devices. The second harmful category can be known as a non-residential virus. This type of threat requires implementation before it has the ability to infect your computer. This has a tendency to affect your computer fast and can do a lot of damage rather quickly if left to its own devices.
However, they also have the ability to hide in your hard drive and gradually affect your computers performance, slowing and hindering your computers general health over time. These are usually detected by your Anti-virus software performing an automatic scan in the background to which you will be notified as and when it becomes apparent.
Internet security has proven favourable in keeping these threats at bay and ensuring personal information remains personal. With cyber criminals managing to accumulate two-hundred and nine million pounds within the first three months of two-thousand and sixteen; Norton, AVG, Bullguard, McAfee, Kaspersky are examples, to list a few, which are effective against this fraudulent movement. With internet security updates being rolled out regularly, ensuring your computers safety has become a whole lot easier.
Whether you’re at work and protecting valuable information from being corrupted by virus’s, or at home and guarding your personal information from cyber-thieves, it has become essential in this day and age to ensure precautions are taken.
The overall benefits to running an Anti-virus program in the background will improve the efficiency of your computer and stop unwanted threats causing harm.
