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Question by jen
Submitted on 1/5/2004
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How do you prevent a virus? A short, simple answer please

Answer by DaZjorz
Submitted on 1/8/2004
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Hey, You should install an Antivirus program on your computer, like Symantec Norton Antivirus or McAfee. Search on the web with the words "antivirus program download" and you will find a lot of free antivirus programs. Symantec Norton will check your incoming and outgoing e-mail, will be able to check your full hard disk, and if you say it can, it will scan your hard disk root (very important) at each startup. So the short answer is: install an antivirus program.

Answer by sfbay
Submitted on 2/20/2004
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Another way to avoid most of the latest viruses is to use a different Operating System. 99% of the viruses today are written for the Windows operating system or their associated Microsoft Applications. If you were to move to Macintosh, or better yet, to Linux, you'd eliminate much of the risk associated with these viruses...

Answer by jimfinnu47
Submitted on 4/10/2004
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Get a good anti-virus program. Be very careful about what you download. Familiarize yourself with the suggested caveats. I didn't and wound up with thirteen adwares. Took me hours to get them out of files. I am leery of anything that needs to be downloaded.

Answer by ~bUtLeR~
Submitted on 12/19/2004
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You could try a different or a new operating system....That would be the best ideal because of all the new ones going around..Another thing is not opening junk mail just delete it and don't download to much.....

Answer by maso
Submitted on 11/14/2005
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i do not know

Answer by 0
Submitted on 11/27/2005
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????????????????

Answer by phantom phoenix
Submitted on 8/8/2006
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know more about that virus by searching in the internet. Try to lesser your downloads...

Answer by srodap@yahoo.com
Submitted on 10/25/2006
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By installing anti-virus tool, avoid downloading from untrusted internet source,back-up essential data files every two days or more,and last but not the least is apply a strong password to your computer.

Answer by ACe(Gram)
Submitted on 11/27/2006
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Just avoid downloading files or programs on untrusted sites cause virus creators are releasing 200 of virus a day so watch out yoh!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by Noodlez
Submitted on 1/11/2007
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Viruses are Losers!!!!

Answer by JIGSIE
Submitted on 2/13/2007
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WAGWAAN ANY COMPUTER WEH VEX U. DASSH IT WEH IT NAH NO USE

Answer by neil sequeira
Submitted on 3/17/2007
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Never Visits sites which you are sure that spread viruses, never visit any sites that provide keygens, cracks and serial no. Update your antivirus defintions and fully update your windows. Use Legal softwares wherever possible. if your using windows convert your disk partition to NTFS format.

Answer by Ayub
Submitted on 7/3/2007
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You should get a good anti-virus program and you should be careful while downloading anything from internet and do not download anything from a pirated CD.

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