Minggu, 17 Januari 2010

FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ONLINE VIRUS SCANNER FOR MOBILE DEVICE OR HOME PC

FREE ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE ONLINE VIRUS SCANNER FOR MOBILE DEVICE OR HOME PC


Mobile device goes hand in hand with a personal computer. Personal mobile device usually have small digital media for data storage. The convenience of storing and moving mp3 player music files for example on a micro Secure Digital (SD) card and a computer is tremendous. Similarly, photos and video from digital camera SD card can easily be replaced and content downloaded to a computer.

Using micro SD card are mostly conceived as harmless, but sometimes they are carriers of dreaded Trojan virus or other malicious software that could infect computers. Several weeks ago, I was hit by this problem when a friend plugged the micro SD card from a digital camera to the computer. The computer running Windows XP freeze up; keyboard and mouse become unresponsive. I have no choice but to manually reboot the computer.

Weird things followed afterward. The computer runs so slow. I was wondering why the antivirus software on the computer was not able to prevent. Keeping the pattern file and scan engine updated is of primary importance. I was all the while thinking that the antivirus software installed can clean or remove most types of security threats. But failure to run automatic updates of the antivirus software made it vulnerable to newer computer virus strains.

For computers that are connected to the Internet a free online virus scanner is indispensable. I use personally HouseCall the free online antivirus scanner from Trend Micro. It’s useful for spotting security threats, which have already infected the computer. Having a reliable best-of-breed antivirus could reduce headache due to viruses on mobile device or personal computer.

from : www.techxplore.net

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