06-12-2015, 02:36 PM
So a couple things.
1. Viruses today are not just transmitted through clicking on ads or opening emails with infected attachments. Today you can get ads simply from images on websites, or even the website itself without you actively downloading anything. This is why it is important to always have a fire wall running that is up to date.
2. Most viruses today that are popular are actually root kits. Root kits are very hard to detect and remove. Most anti virus software will not flag it or remove it. A root kit is often times easy to spot because they will cause something to occur (website redirect, inability to get on internet, ads popping up even outside a browser). The problem with root kits is to remove them often times you need someone with at least moderate technical knowledge to remove them, even then some are so hard to get rid of the only thing you can do is factory reset.
1. Viruses today are not just transmitted through clicking on ads or opening emails with infected attachments. Today you can get ads simply from images on websites, or even the website itself without you actively downloading anything. This is why it is important to always have a fire wall running that is up to date.
2. Most viruses today that are popular are actually root kits. Root kits are very hard to detect and remove. Most anti virus software will not flag it or remove it. A root kit is often times easy to spot because they will cause something to occur (website redirect, inability to get on internet, ads popping up even outside a browser). The problem with root kits is to remove them often times you need someone with at least moderate technical knowledge to remove them, even then some are so hard to get rid of the only thing you can do is factory reset.
