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Both Viruses and
Trojans are directly related to your Hard Drive .
A Hard Drive is a media
storage device which is built into the computer tower and serves as a storage
space for programs and other data. |
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| A Hard
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| You can think of your hard drive
as a container that holds your operating system, program files and all other
data that you store on your computer. |
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| Empty Hard
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| This storage container is
subject to be infected by viruses in the same way it is subject to store music
or pictures. A hard drive can not prevent you from storing data and it can not
stop viruses from being stored in it. |
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| Hard Drive
containing data |
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| A virus is a program,
on your hard drive, that runs like any other program but to its own benefit and
not to your benefit. |
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| In the past viruses used to be simple
programs that were removed using anti-virus tools |
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| Virus being
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| Virus-free
Hard Drive |
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| A virus infecting a Hard
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| Viruses today are complex programs that
can outwit the smartest operating system. Their behavior is similar to a drop
of ink into a container full of water. |
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| Infected Hard
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| They can also outsmart anti
virus tools by "hiding" in restricted areas such as System Restore or registry,
system files or Java scripts and thus are not easily detected by anti virus
programs or Registry editors |
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| Anti virus
programs may not always work |
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| Some viruses may remain on your hard
drive even after anti-vius programs remove obvious viruses |
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| The guaranteed antivirus removal method
is by restoring the hard drive to factory default |
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| then install the operating
system and program files. |
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| Protect your computer with PCFIX |
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