Virus Prevention and Recovery
Computer viruses can (and do) devastate thousands of companies every day. Some are relatively harmless, doing nothing more than redirecting your browser or turning your PC into a spam-spewing geyser. Others are not so harmless. They can render your PC, and therefore the hard-earned data it contains, irreparable – the only course of action is to reformat and restore from backup… uh, you DO have a backup, right?
So there are two courses of action to consider. One is how to prevent a virus from infecting your PC in the first place and the second is what to do if your PC does acquire a virus. (more…)