The best way to determine if the virus is completely destroyed is via running a virus scan. If the scan reports that no virus components have been detected, you can now relax.

Un-attach yourself from attachments

Caution must always be practiced once attachments have been received. The file extensions that one should be careful in opening are those that end in *.exe, *.doc, *.ppt or *.xls.

However, those that end in the following extensions such as: *.js, *.vbs should - as much as possible - never be opened.

All in all, every computer is vulnerable to be attacked. What one needs to protect your own PC is caution and preparedness to look towards the future and anticipate any potential attack prior to it happening. This ensures your computer to run as smoothly as it possibly could.

How to Stay Informed

Be updated with current and future security threats now

Now that we have discussed the threats to your online security, let's review and summarize how you can remain informed about potential threats.

The Internet and e-mail are amazing resources that everyone utilizes to communicate with each other.

Unfortunately, it is also being used for malicious activities such as scammers that use the e-mail to get money from computer users.

Fortunately, there is an easy way to recognize any attempts of scamming that arrive through e-mail.

Knowledge is power and the descriptions indicated below are three of the email scams currently being used by scrupulous individuals. Stay informed and read on.

Scams via phisher

How this e-mail scam works is through this: usually, you will receive an e-mail from a service online provider or through a bank that ill ask you to go click a specific link or visit a particular website and from there you will be elicited to provide your personal info.

This type of scam is called phishing.

Basically, this scam is where victims are asked and tricked to entering all their personal info like passwords, account numbers to an organization or company that presents itself as legitimate.

Ingenious scammers who create a site that looks a lot like the authentic web site do this trick.

E-mails are usually used to invite and bait potential online victims to go to the fake website.

As much as possible, always be cautious and wary of e-mails that ask you to click a link and give out personal sensitive info like bank details.

You should know that any info provided on these fake sites are farmed and harvested by scammers which they in turn use to steal the funds from the user's bank account or steal the identity of the victim.

Be aware that companies that are legitimate would never ask for any sensitive info through e-mail.

Never, ever click on these e-mail links. Never give out any info about you. If there are doubts on the veracity of the e-mail, it is always best to directly contact the legitimate company.

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