If you access the Internet, you certainly need anti-virus software. It does not matter whether you do not use a computer. Whatever you use to get on line you must have anti-virus software. Although there are hundreds of malicious idiots producing viruses to attack those who access the Internet from a computer, there is an growing number who are targeting mobile phone users too.

It is more difficult to clear viruses from your cell phone as well, because there are less vendors for the anti-virus software and mobile phone users are normally less technically knowledgeable than computer users, although the method of clearing the virus is quite analogous.

The vast majority of people have their websites hosted on shared servers; that is servers they share with other people who also host their websites on that server. However, some firms choose to use a dedicated server, which is a server which only holds the on line material of one website or one business, which may have several websites.

Why would they choose to do that? Well, hosting your web site on a dedicated server means that you have more control over the security installed on the server and you have more room at your disposal. If you share a server, the controller of the server might get disgruntled if you begin to use more than your fair share of space or bandwidth.

Adware, spyware and anti-virus software share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major problems for computer users. Let’s differentiate between the three.

Spyware is software that does not necessarily harm your computer. What it does is build pathways whereby someone else apart from the computer owner can communicate from that computer. Normally spyware records the different kinds of web sites you visit and sends that information to web advertisers, who then later send you unsolicited emails and pop-ups.

New computer viruses are being created, exposed and fought every day. These computer viruses are created often just to annoy us and to wreak mayhem in our computer systems. Below, I have described ten viruses currently cited as being the most widespread and being potentially able to cause the most damage. However, new viruses are being created daily, so this list is by no means complete. The only thing you can do is stay alert, keep your anti-virus software updated, and stay aware of the current computer virus threats.

Most computer users in the United States have heard of the leading American antivirus vendors. Manufacturers such as Symantec, McAfee, Computer Associates, and Trend Micro. These companies have a market leading presence in the United States. Microsoft, too, has aspirations to become a key player in this enormous growth market.

In fact, Microsoft acquired intellectual property and technology rights from GeCad software in 2003, a company based in Bucharest, Romania. They also purchased Pelican Software, which had a behaviour based security product, as well as the Giant Company Software for spyware and Sybari Software, which controlled virus, spam, and phishing filtering.