Question:
How can I protect my computer from viruses?
Answer:
Greetings from IPL2,
I understand you need information on how to protect your computer from viruses.
Computers are typically protected using various anti-virus software programs such as Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc. There are also several techniques you can use to reduce the likelihood of getting a computer virus such as visiting secure web sites, never opening unsolicited emails, and only using trusted software. You can find more specific information using the sources listed below.
Sources:
1 - How can I protect myself from computer viruses? - BBC.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/virus-protection
BBC is a British news provider that is well-known as an accurate source of information.
2 - How to Protect a Computer from Viruses - eHow
http://www.ehow.com/how_1678_protect-computer-viruses.html
eHow is a well-known source for “do-it-yourself” projects.
A community of users maintains or edits this source. Because membership in this community may include non-experts, information taken from this source should be verified using other, more reliable sources.
3 - Antivirus Software - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software
While not everyone who submits information to this site is an expert, it is a good place to begin research in order to find sources, especially to verify information on the site.
A community of users maintains or edits this source. Because membership in this community may include non-experts, information taken from this source should be verified using other, more reliable sources.
In order to find these sources, I searched using the following:
http://www.google.com
The first search term I used was “virus protection”. The Wikipedia source is the twelfth search result.
To find the other two sources, I used the search terms “how to protect computers from viruses”. The eHow article is the fifth search result while the BBC article is the thirteenth.
Thank you for visiting ipl2. I hope this has answered your question but if it hasn’t, please return to the site for additional assistance.
How can I protect my computer from viruses?
Answer:
Greetings from IPL2,
I understand you need information on how to protect your computer from viruses.
Computers are typically protected using various anti-virus software programs such as Norton, AVG, McAfee, etc. There are also several techniques you can use to reduce the likelihood of getting a computer virus such as visiting secure web sites, never opening unsolicited emails, and only using trusted software. You can find more specific information using the sources listed below.
Sources:
1 - How can I protect myself from computer viruses? - BBC.com
http://www.bbc.co.uk/webwise/guides/virus-protection
BBC is a British news provider that is well-known as an accurate source of information.
2 - How to Protect a Computer from Viruses - eHow
http://www.ehow.com/how_1678_protect-computer-viruses.html
eHow is a well-known source for “do-it-yourself” projects.
A community of users maintains or edits this source. Because membership in this community may include non-experts, information taken from this source should be verified using other, more reliable sources.
3 - Antivirus Software - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antivirus_software
While not everyone who submits information to this site is an expert, it is a good place to begin research in order to find sources, especially to verify information on the site.
A community of users maintains or edits this source. Because membership in this community may include non-experts, information taken from this source should be verified using other, more reliable sources.
In order to find these sources, I searched using the following:
http://www.google.com
The first search term I used was “virus protection”. The Wikipedia source is the twelfth search result.
To find the other two sources, I used the search terms “how to protect computers from viruses”. The eHow article is the fifth search result while the BBC article is the thirteenth.
Thank you for visiting ipl2. I hope this has answered your question but if it hasn’t, please return to the site for additional assistance.
