Every month thousands of computers are either damaged or destroyed due to virus infections. One reason this means is mainly because today's viruses are completely different compared to the form they had a year ago..
What is important is to understand that we cannot eliminate new viruses with classic methods of treatment, but many users have not yet understood these changes in the form of today's viruses.
1. Only files with the extension .exe (executables that can run themselves) can be infected with a virus. This is completely absurd because there are hundreds of file extensions that can be infected by viruses.
2. I have more than one security program on my computer. Make sure you have only one program that is running properly, receiving updates properly, and has not expired.
3. I understand when my computer has a virus. This was true until 10 years ago, but now virus writers have created ways to hide the signs of infection.
4. A virus cannot mechanically damage my computer. As we said before, the purpose of viruses has changed and they are no longer limited to simply "slowing down the computer". On the contrary, there are specific viruses that are created exclusively to attack computer hardware and their most common target is the hard drive.
5. My computer has antivirus installed so it is fully protected. This is a completely outdated myth that only applied to old antivirus programs.
Today, worms, hoaxes, backdoors, trojans, and many other forms of infections are designed to fool even the best antivirus programs on the market, especially when they are dealing with multiple forms of infections at the same time.
It is very important to have a properly installed antivirus program that is effective and updated on a daily basis.
It is time to understand that times have changed, and so have virus attacks, as well as how to deal with them.
Source: press-gr.blogspot.gr
