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What types of computer
viruses should you be concerned about? Are all
types of computer viruses created equal?
Left unchecked, different types of computer viruses can
cost your small business enormous amounts of money in lost data,
unplanned downtime, hampered productivity, as well as interrupted
communication and a damaged reputation with key business partners.
However, you can take many relatively simple steps to avoid becoming
another virus infection statistic.
Highly destructive and rapidly propagating types of
computer viruses can infect your hard drive through e-mail programs, Web
browsers and other Internet-borne mechanisms. In fact, today’s types
of computer viruses and security vulnerabilities make the primitive
pre-Internet-era types of computer viruses seem utterly inconsequential
Ten years ago, it was difficult to get a virus through
anything but infected diskettes. Now it’s a lot easier to become a
victim of all different types of computer viruses.
Composing Your Antivirus Software Shopping List
To protect against the most common different types of
computer viruses
Fortunately, antivirus software vendors now integrate
these protection features into their most recent product versions --
covering all different types of computer viruses.
Beyond shielding your company from the dangers of types
of computer viruses lurking in files, solutions should guard against
common Internet-era virus threats . . . the most common among different
types of computer viruses:
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Downloaded file protection – blocks infected
downloaded files from contaminating your system, even before reaching
the target drive volume’s file system
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E-mail protection – defends against problems
coming in over the POP3 inbound mail protocol, types of computer
viruses spreading outward from your company over the SMTP outbound
mail protocol and types of computer viruses propagating internally
throughout your company over the MAPI messaging interface
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Heuristic pattern recognition – detects types
of computer viruses even before your antivirus software has a name for
the virus; bases its alerts on knowledge of previous, similar types of
computer virus activity
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Hostile applet protection – shields you from
malicious programs reaching your system through ActiveX or Java
applets (miniature software applications)
Virus – any kind of malicious software code
that can be delivered through a variety of mechanisms including
conventional software media, Internet downloads, e-mail file
attachments, file macros, scripting, ActiveX or Java applets, and
instant-messaging software.
Antivirus Software for Servers
The centralized approach to protecting against
different types of computer viruses
In addition to protection for your desktop PCs and
notebooks, purchase and install antivirus software for any servers on your
local area network (LAN).
In most cases, you’ll need stand-alone products or
add-on modules that cover your servers at a much more targeted level than
mere filelevel protection. Be sure to purchase and install specialized
antivirus software for network applications, such as e-mail servers, proxy
servers and Web servers.
Go beyond file-level safeguards and invest in
protection against other hostile threats.
Guarding against all different types of computer
viruses
Before small businesses became ultra-dependent on
e-mail, Web browsing and other Internet applications, scanning for types
of computer viruses at the file level was sufficient.
However, in the past few years, the Internet has been
victimized by a whole new set of types of computer virus plagues that
you need to protect against.
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