malware

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…)