Is Your Antivirus Software Updating Properly?
David Norelid | February 2, 2008You don’t know how sad it makes me to see things like this (click to enlarge):
This client’s copy of Norton Internet Security expired over a year ago, meaning that for a whole year it has been running with old virus definitions. Why are virus definitions important? Well, image that a virus definition is like a word definition in that it helps you identify the word/virus and what it does. Now imagine that you’re a foreign student traveling in America with a travel dictionary (our virus definitions) from the year 1654. Those word definitions (virus definitions) are terribly out of date, so there’s no chance that you’re going to be able to pick up new words (new viruses) like rollerblade and crunk. Granted, words like rollerblade and crunk may only hurt our feelings, but an undetected virus can do so much more damage!
Many modern PC makers will bundle trial versions of anti-virus products with a computer that will only last 90 days before expiring. This can be even worse than having no anti-virus at all because you might think that you are protected when you actually aren’t.
Please take a few minutes today to make sure that your anti-virus software is updated and running correctly.
Excellent article David. I run a computer site in the Uk (<a href=”http://www.computerrepairuk.co.uk/Computer_Repair_UK.html”title=”Computer Repair UK”)and one of of the biggest searches I get is for virus removal.
Please take David’s advice and make sure your Antivirus is up to date otherwise you could lose years of data (photo’s for example). If your unsure give David a call
In the same boat as the above poster (running http://www.resolve-it.ltd.uk) and cannot stress enough that having AV software is only half the battle – keeping it up to date is equally important. Listen to the info in this article – it matters!
I read recently that about 30% of Windows computers are without any AV at all – shocking!