Viruses - Is the cure worse than the infection?
Viruses. The term widely used for hacker programs created to disrupt or gather information. They can replicate, stay hidden and cause havoc, all depends on the programming. In the earlier days there have been a lot of big businesses that sprouted up, to offer services and deletion of such programs, offer protection and keep your data safe.
Do i need virus protection?
Short answer is - no. Long answer is in reality, that really depends on what you use your computer for. The use of anti-virus system has, declined since the introduction of windows in build protection, which is equally as good. Experts will claim some are better than others, but some viruses can be picked up by one system and not the other, so it really depends on what kind of virus you get. If you do have an unfortunate encounter with a virus, the safest and the best way to get rid of it completely through a complete system wipe. More often i found that a lot of users, if they contracted one virus, they will have several and getting rid of all of them might require several several software, even then there is no guarantee, whoever has programmed it might have already made a better version of the virus that could bypass the current software. Wipe the drive. It would be cheaper, take less time and a sure way method to make sure you are still not infected.
After the system wipe, would be wise to review how it has happened, perhaps you have been sent a file or an attachment you have opened that included the virus, so that way it does not happen again. This would be the best place to start if you decide to buy a protection software package.
Does virus protection software slow down your system?
Yes. Absolutely. Most of the protection software run in the background and some are really notorious for eating up most of your processing power. The constant scanning of the computer can be really heavy on medium range PC’s or Mac’s, some could even slow down to a crawl. In the end of the day, its your call. Protections is already offered with operating systems and there is no need that i see in the future for them at all.
