Virus Detection & Spyware Removal
Computer Viruses are spread like the common cold, from computer to computer, through copied CD's or DVD's, floppy disks, or more commonly via the internet. If you're infected you may not be aware at first, and you could be transmitting the virus to all your friends through emails, CD's and DVD's. Virus has capability to modify system files, or delete your data. If you computer is infected you will most likely notice some instability in its operation, slowness or some other kind of unpredicted behavior.
Smartest-Tech Services can examine and check your system for viruses and spyware eliminating the threat and installing software to prevent further attacks.
Spyware
"Spyware" secretly gathers information about your computer which is retrieved by the perpetrator when you next go online to the internet. Unlike a virus which attacks your software programs, with spyware the user is totally unaware what is happening.
Spyware is a relatively new kind of threat that common anti-virus applications may not yet cover. It can send details on all kinds of activity ranging from the keys you press on the keyboard, snapshots & photos, email entries or anything else that you do online. Anti-spy tools protect your privacy by detecting PC monitoring tools and mechanisms that may track your activities.
Virus
A computer virus is a computer program, or segment of computer code, that has been created by someone to perform some malicious task on a computer when the instructions it contains are activated. Some viruses will activate as soon as the infected file is opened.
Viruses can be spread in a variety of ways:
- via email attachments
- hidden inside files on floppy disks, copied CDs or DVDs
- downloaded from infected files on websites on the Internet, even when simply browsing
The best protection against computer viruses is to use anti-virus software that should be installed on your office and home computers, including laptops and notebooks. Most anti-virus software includes free updates for licensed users that are available as automatic updates from the vendor website.
