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WINDOWS SECURITY

Free Virus Protection Package for Windows
By: Katie Gatto
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    2009-01-07

    Table of Contents:
  • Free Virus Protection Package for Windows
  • Getting Evil
  • The anti-virus software
  • Conclusion

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    Free Virus Protection Package for Windows


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    So you have an unprotected Windows system on your network. Have you completely lost your mind? Do you have any idea just what kind of risks you are taking by leaving your PC unprotected? The Windows operating system is by far the most frequently infected of the three major operating systems you can own. Keep reading to learn what you can do to get your system the protection it needs.

    The most logical and ironically the least technical explanation for how frequently the Windows operating system gets infected is its popularity. When a less-than-friendly person decides to write a virus or another piece of malware, they go for the highest number of computers infected before the antivirus software programs catch onto the virus and find a way around it. This means that they write the virus for the most popular operating system.

    So now that you know why you have to protect your Windows systems, let's go over some of the excuses that you may have been using up until this point in order to shirk your responsibilities and leave your machines in their current unprotected state.

    "I don’t know where to get my computer the needed protection."

    Seriously. I have a real problem with believing that one, and no I won’t buy that bridge from you either. I don’t care if it is located in the heart of Brooklyn. If you really meant it, then you must be completely new to the world of computers. In that case you can check out the list below to get what you need.

    "I don’t want to shell out for the cost of an antivirus protection suite." Have you priced those things anytime lately? They're not exactly what I would call a budget-friendly item. If they want to charge that much for the software they can find themselves another sucker. I let the 60 day trial expire.

    Keep reading. You're going to be surprised, big time.

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