To further HELP reduce the possibility of getting a virus or similar please read the following advice:

 1. Email is a common way of getting infected
While you can safely open an Email, NEVER click on a link within it or open an attachment that you are not positive is from a trusted source.

Here are 2 scenarios:
You get an Email from someone you DON'T know. You open it. It tells you (or, persuades you) to click on a link in the Email. You do so. That is when you get infected. Frequently, the Email appears to be from a bank or a company you know. Do not fall for this. Businesses do not normally send unsolicited Email.
You get (what appears to be) an Email from someone you DO know. Unknown to you, a virus generated that Email (and not your friend). It could be that your friend's computer is infected, but, not always. Obviously, the actual Email writer doesn't know you and cannot say anything personal to you, so, typically, it says something like "Click on this link for some important information... “. You are now infected. If in doubt, delete the Email.

If you get an email from your bank, or your Paypal account for example that prompts you to "login into your account" with a link provided....... DO NOT! They are most likely after your login username passwords! When in doubt, call instead to check!

2. Instant messengers: The same caution should be used with opening links and attachments as Emails.

3. Web sites
Visiting Adult, Free game or gambling sites pose a high risk of infection. In addition, do not download software or “Addons” from web sites that you are unfamiliar with. This includes sites such as “Facebook” and “Myspace”.

4. Do not click on sudden pop-up windows while browsing the internet.

5. Do not use Disks or USB drives that other people give you.
They could be infected with a virus. Of course, you can run a virus scan on it first, but Anti-Virus programs are not 100% effective.

6. Stay away from file-sharing sites.
Sites that distribute illegal software, music, or movies are known to be riddled with viruses. This includes torrents or other forms of P2P activities. File Sharing Programs such as: Limewire, Kazaa, Frostwire, Morpheous, uTorrent, Ares for example. Staying away from these sites and programs is in your computer's health's best interest, as well as a good way to avoid being sued for copyright violation.

7. Do not install unknown codecs.
A codec enables your computer to properly play video or audio. A common virus infection ploy is to put a popular video out which might play back without the sound accompanied with a note to download a ‘special’ codec to get the sound. Needless to say, the codec is genuine ‘special’ since it contains a virus.

Virus/Spyware coders/hackers DO target popular websites:

- Music download sites, free games, file sharing, video sites, social networking sites as:

Facebook and Myspace (mainly the add on apps – games etc) for example.

These websites themselves are not usually bad, it's the popular “Add-ons, and Applications”

90% of these “apps & applications” on these sites are sent in, programmed and uploaded by

private people.................... keep that in mind!

- High Volume Searched Keywords are usually what they target, and go after: