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How to Run an Online Virus Scan

Suppose you’re not 100% confident in your anti-virus software. You’d like to run another company’s anti-virus scan but you know from speaking with your friendly Geek Girl that you should NEVER install two AV programs on your computer at the same time. They will conflict with each other and cause performance problems. Instead, consider running an online virus scan from your web browser. One of the best is Bit Defender online scanner.

Dangerous web sites found using Google search

A while back I wrote about the “XP Anti=-virus” rogue malware which many of my clients have accidentally installed by visiting an innocent-looking web site. I want to reiterate that you need to be careful what web site you visit, no matter what the source...