Backup Strategy

Too many people wait for a problem to happen or a virus to attack their PC before they take any action. Once a virus reveals its presence on your PC, … [Read more...]

On-going Virus Information

The first place to check often is the web site of your anti-virus provider. There you should find alerts for the latest viruses, information about … [Read more...]

Miscellaneous Pages

This page is basically a menu item placeholder for the various miscellaneous pages used and referenced throughout the CKnow Virus Tutorial. It … [Read more...]

Virus Tutorial License

This tutorial is Copyright 1996 through the current year, Computer Knowledge. All Rights Reserved. Individual pages contain specific dates as … [Read more...]

Anti-Virus Software

Anti-Virus Software Companies (Alphabetical order... position in the list does not indicate any recommendation of one over another or, for that … [Read more...]

Disable Scripting

In order to run VisualBasic Scripts (VBS files) on your computer you must have the Windows Scripting Host (WSH) installed and working on your … [Read more...]

Outlook and Outlook Express

This page will hopefully clarify some of the noted confusion about the ability of Outlook and Outlook Express to interact with worms and viruses. In … [Read more...]

Update Update Update

Today's software is quite complicated. Small programs can run to thousands of lines of source code and Windows itself is likely in the millions of … [Read more...]

File Extensions

One of the most asked questions lately is "What extensions should I scan and/or watch for in E-mail attachments?" While a valid question, some caveats … [Read more...]

Safe Computing Practices

There are some common sense things you can do to help protect yourself against viruses and worms. Update AV Software. Obviously, the first and … [Read more...]