Viruses

Viruses are an ever growing risk and with the internet now they can infect everything from your computer to your smart phone. and the old saying that apples don't get viruses isn't true anymore. So often I run into people that have an anti-virus(AV) program installed in there computer and they still get a virus. Why is this? because the people writing the viruses are smart and when they write a virus they are trying to make something that can get by the AV software. The goal of creating a virus is to infect as many computer as possible so the two AV software's they often target the big two AV programs Norton and McAfee. So how do you protect yourself. The first thing you need to do is use some common sense when your on the internet. when your AV software warns you of a virus listen to it, be aware of what your downloading and where you are downloading it form, read the URL in the address bar makes sure your at the right site. Don't open attachments from anybody unless you know who sent it and you were expecting to receive it.  Keep your software up to date this is more than just your AV program, it includes your OS, flash player, java and any all other programs.