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Viruses and the Internet.

If you use the Internet to exchange data (such as text or pictures), virus infection is generally not a problem. The real concern is when you download software programs and run them on your own computer. Any program you download over the network and run, could have a virus. For that matter, any program, whether on tape or a disk, even commercial software still in its original packaging, might possibly have a virus. For this reason, all computers should have virus protection software running on them.

Virus checking software is available free over the Internet. Popular choices are McAfee, FProt, and Norton. These and other programs may be downloaded from Yahoo's Virus Protection page. These pieces of software can determine if you have viruses on your system, erase them if you do have some, and warn you the moment ones are detected.

Because the writers of viruses keep changing their code to evade the scans of virus checkers, the writers of the virus checkers keep having to release new versions of their programs that catch the latest viruses. It is a never-ending arms race between the two sides. Keep your virus checker up-to-date. A virus that gets into your system can do whatever it wants, from erasing your hard drive to quietly dialing a 1-900 number with your modem and running up huge phone-bills.