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I hope everybody reading this article now knows the basics to common sense when it comes to computers and the Internet! Just in-case you’ve forgot some of the key pointers we’ve talked about in multiple articles, we’re going to talk about some anti-virus facts. Anti-virus does not make your computer invincible, and in-fact 28% of machines with anti-virus are unknowingly infected with a virus of some sort!

We’ve talked about virus extensions, common sense, and have mentioned many things about viruses and anti-virus; yet people just don’t understand that anti-virus is extremely simple to bypass!

This is what people think:

“Anti-virus companies and employee’s get paid millions of dollars to keep us secure”

Well, you’d think that would be true! Unfortunately, it’s far from it. Practically any experienced programmer can tell you how easy it is to avoid a particular virus from being detected from anti-virus applications. Just because you scan a file, and it your anti-virus says it is clean, it does not mean it is actually clean!

Listening to your anti-virus is like listening to your bank, or some random financial adviser. Look how much debt the US got in from doing that! People think just because something is of higher rank or status of them, it’s obviously much better.

So don’t go opening every executable under the sun that is supposedly “clean”. Be cautious, and verify where you got the application from. Don’t be scared to search around the Internet for reviews about the application, many independent security researchers may post whether or not it is malicious!

Although anti-virus companies could easily code a proper application in which can actually monitor what an application does, instead of updating your so called “virus database” every day. They will not do this because it means less money for them due to less updating, and no need of buying any other versions.

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