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How to Deal With False Virus Notifications and Real Virus Incursions

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Lately, spurious viral notifications and troublesome security program alerts have affected many computer and Internet users. These fake software applications issue authentic-looking browser windows that declare your PC or laptop to be infected with some kind of virus and prompt you to initiate immediate action, much in the same way that real programs that are included in antivirus software reviews do. This may be in the form of a link that will enable you to download software, a prompt that will let you allow the application to do an update, or having the application check for imaginary viral or spyware. However, when you go ahead with any of these actions, you will only allow the bogus antivirus software to set itself up in your PC or laptop system where it can go ahead and execute its devious actions. Once it is installed, it will persuade you to download or buy even more bogus programs or applications that will purportedly help eliminate the viral presence in your computer. Unfortunately, this will only worsen the situation by having the fake program cripple your real antivirus application, make off with your sensitive data such as your credit card account numbers, take down your … Read the rest

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Does My Computer Have a Virus? Some Quick Checks Can Tell

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You cannot be protected and safe from the online threats like virus, Trojan, worm etc. when you are online unless you are proactive and exercising best practices. Despite that you are exercising best browsing practices, your computer may catch a virus. Here is a comprehensive, free virus removal support guide that answers your “Do I have a virus” question by letting you run a series of self-tests.
Step 1
Open your antivirus software, update it with the latest virus and spyware definitions, and then run a full virus scan (not a custom scan). Wait for the scanning to complete. When done, you will see the infected files in search results. Prompt the antivirus software to delete the infected items and clean your computer.
Step 2
Some viruses are too powerful to be detected by your antivirus. Yes, they can easily dodge your antivirus when it runs a virus scan by masquerading themselves as legitimate applications. So after having run a virus scan from your antivirus, download Malwarebytes, a powerful virus scan and removal tool and install on your computer.
Step 3
When done, open Malwarebytes and start updating it. When done, run a full virus scan. Wait while the scan … Read the rest

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Computers Performing Poorly: Possible Non-Hardware Causes And Solutions

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Why did my computer become so slow? is a question almost every regular owner of a desktop computer or a laptop computer will sooner or later ask. It may puzzle you how your computer used to be lightning fast and then suddenly, it is already performing poorly. Some people might relate this to a hardware problem and take their computers to a technician only to be told that nothing is wrong with the hardware.
This is because the slowing down of a computer’s performance is more often related to software and/or system problems. And most of the time, such problems can easily be fixed at home using simple and sometimes, dumb-proof solutions.
Crowded hard disk
Just because you have a sweet 500 GB hard disk capacity does not mean you can just fill it up until only a few megabytes or gigabytes are left. The more crowded you hard disk gets, the slower your computer will be. Opening files and retrieving date will be especially slower.
So what should you do? Do these simple steps: 1) empty your recycle bin (deleting a file does not remove it from your storage dude), 2) remove unnecessary files, 3) uninstall programs you do … Read the rest

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An Overview of Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

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What is Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever?
Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) is a disease caused by viruses mainly transmitted by Aedes aegypti (a type of mosquito), though other species of mosquito can also transmit this disease. DHF is popularly known as the “break-bone disease” because most of its victims suffer from muscle and joint pain. Diagnosis of dengue should be done promptly because the disease may progress so fast that saving the life of the patient may be impossible. This is harder than most would have thought because the first signs and symptoms of DHF are not symptom-specific.
Dengue is commonly occurring in tropical and sub-tropical areas. It is endemic in countries around the equator and potentially affects over 2.5 billion people. There are many efforts made by government and non-government organizations to at least curb down or eliminate the risk of developing DHF. Some of these efforts were successful but there is still so much work to do.
Pathophysiology of DHF
Dengue virus needs a host to thrive. When it is contracted by a mosquito, the dengue virus will stay in the saliva and when the mosquito bites a person, the saliva carrying the virus will enter the skin. The virus … Read the rest

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Three Warning Signs That Your Computer Could Have A Virus

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A computer virus is a classic example of one of those things in life that we hear about all the time but don’t think it will happen to us. Because of this we tend to dismiss taking any preventative action and then become overtaken by regret and profusely wish we had when we become affected.
For the majority of us, a computer is a daily essential in our lives. Many of us rely on a PC all day at work and then store some of our most precious documents such as photographs of our loved ones and important documentation on our home computers. The effect of having such fundamental features of our lives eaten away or corrupted by a virus can be devastating so why do so many people fail to protect themselves and ignore the signs?
Unfortunately, ridding your computer of a virus can often be a complex procedure. This can often become even more extensive the longer the virus infects your computer. Just like you protect your own health, you should not ignore the symptoms that your computer has been infected because the sooner you detect a potential virus, the more chance you could have of saving your … Read the rest