antivirus help

[Guest guest]

Kaylene, my son who has a degree in computor science set me up with avast

antivirus. I haven't had a problem with it. One thing he told me is to be

careful about those messages that come up saying there is a virus. It looks

like part of microsoft and tells you to

start it to clean out the virus.

He said DON'T start it. It is a virus. If it keeps reappearing when you try to

close it, you have to shut down your computor. Wait 5 minutes and then reboot.

Take care and hugs, Tami

--- Kaylene wrote:

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> Hi Everyone

> I'm one of the moderators, and it would be very helpful if everyone would use

the subject heading.

>

> Also, if you are going to put a link in for information please write a quick

sentence or two about it.

>

> My lovely new computer caught two nasty viruses recently and we had to take it

all the way down to the status from the factory to get rid of it.

>

> I am certainly not saying I caught them here, but that is why posts I have

been deleting posts without a subject.

>

[Guest guest]

> Kaylene wrote:

>My lovely new computer caught two nasty viruses recently and we had to take it

all the way down to the status from the factory to get rid of it.

All,

Mc Afee has a list of viruses, malware, and other hoaxes. I have an

Apple and have ClamXav which scans my computer and places viruses in the trash

file and destroys them. I do not open e-mails from people I do not know or

strange subject lines. Most people have anti virus software to identify and

destroy the viruses. If not, you are open to all kinds of problems. Also back

up everything. That is almost imperative to do.

Bennie