Scanning Virus after an Update

If suddenly the realization hits that it’s been more than a week since you updated your virus-signature file, you better scan your computer for viruses immediately — particularly if you’re the active type (lots of e-mail, file sharing, file swapping, opening mail from strangers, and other such cyber-exuberance). The more time that has gone by … Read more

Scanning for Viruses(Scanning the entire computer)

The brute-force method of scanning your computer is to look at the entire hard drive and every file in it. It’s actually pretty easy to tell your antivirus software to do this — just scan drive C:, or all hard drives, or however your antivirus program offers the choices to you. There are probably ten … Read more