Just as it states in it's name it tries to hold the user to ransom, saying that if you don't send money through to them then the information that you have on your computer will be wiped off and that you will lose everything. They include backdoors and keyloggers and read only files.
Key loggers
Key loggers are designed to capture text from computers such as passwords and credit card details that the user is unaware that they are giving away.
Adware
Pop up bloggers can appear on your computer and these can be very off putting as they can be adverts of lots of things that they are wishing for you to buy. you can block these from coming on to your computer.
Anti - Virus Software
Explaining two different times
Norton Anitvirus and McAfee
Norton
- blocks spyware
- removes worms automatically
- prevents virus - infected emails from spreading
- removes spyware and viruses
McAfee
- stops hackers so that you can use the internet with safely
- stops viruses and blocks, cleans and removes viruses
- blocks spyware and removes existing spyware
Most antivirus software have the basic protections as you can see from above but they can also differ as some will have more protection or different proctection to offer.
as for the two that I have chosen to talk about they differ in a big way Norton includes Internet worm proctection, anti spyware and rootkit detection, where McAfee I feel has so much more to offer such as firewall, hackers and spyware protection and warnes you about sites that send spam and installs adware. Just a wee insight to different types of antivirus software. While I was reading through all this information I also looked up the Which magazine and found out the best providers that were out there for Broadband and also the problems that people were having with their providers and anti virus packages that they have, and what the different prices for these packages and a wee bit of inside knowledge for yourselve before you go and buy it for your computer. www.which.co.uk or get it insulted.
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