Do You Have Anti Virus Protection?

Anti virus protection is pretty much a must have for anyone that uses the internet often.

Anti virus protection is pretty much a must have for anyone that uses the internet often. I thought I would save a little cash and went without anti virus protection on my notebook when I first got it, and after only two months I had to take it in for a serious set of repairs due to all the destruction done to it by viruses. The guy at the computer repair shop, who also happens to live across the road from me, told me that he had never seen a computer so riddled with viruses and spyware. When he asked what type of anti virus protection I had been using, I said "nothing", and he just about fainted.

I guess I would still been in the mindset that viruses are a rare and improbable phenomenon that only really unlucky folks get afflicted with. Sort of like a digital version of Ebola. Sure, Ebola is scary as all heck, but come on. How many individuals get Ebola every year' What, like five' I remember when viruses first began appearing in the media, some ten or fifteen years ago. Everyone was afraid of them but no one actually got one.

Well, apparently viruses have advanced as much as computers have over the years, and you are now taking a big risk if you don't have anti virus protection. Fortunately, there are a variety of different programs that serve as effective anti virus protection today. My neighbor/computer repair friend signed me up with McAfee, and I have been using them ever since. They are probably the largest and most recognizeable company devoted to anti virus protection software, but there are plenty of other big names as well, such as Symantec's Norton Antivirus program.

I have been perfectly happy using McAfee's anti virus protection, and have not had any viruses since I installed it. A lot of computers will come with some form of anti virus protection previously installed on it, and all you will have to do is register for uninterrupted protection.
Fortunately in recent years, anti virus protection has extended to the more commonly used email servers as well. Most of the free email accounts, such as Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, or Gmail, will scan any incoming emails and attachments for viruses. Still, it is a good idea to be wary of emails from people you do not know personally.  I usually do not even open them and delete them right away.
If you are careful and update your anti virus protection as often as you can, you will likely be just fine.

Larry Haywood
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