Keep Your Anti-Virus Up-To-Date

Anti-Virus protection is your first line of defense from malicious programs that put your data at risk. If you do not have an anti-virus program get one now:

• AVG
• Avast
• Avira

These anti-virus programs are all free for personal, non-commercial, use. All of them come highly ranked and any of them will protect you from the vast majority of threats. Once you have an anti-virus installed, take advantage of their automated update feature and set it to update at least once a week. Then set a schedule for the anti-virus to scan your computer.

Advisory! Anti-Virus 2009 / XP Anti-Virus / Super Anti-Virus 2009

If you are experiencing the following, your computer is infected and should be cleaned:

• Pop-ups that say your computer is infected, usually followed-up by a "click here to upgrade to remove" or "click here to remove", accompamied by a certain virus or Trojan listed.
• List of several viruses, often in the dozens, that your other antivirus software does not show.
• "Windows Security Center" that pops up after you start your computer. It then tells you that you need to upgrade to XP Antivirus 2009.