Trojan, Worms, Virus, Adware / Spyware / Malware Removal

Viruses, worms, and Trojans are malicious programs that can cause damage to your computer and information on your computer. They can also slow down the Internet, and they might even use your computer to spread themselves to your friends, family, co-workers, and the rest of the Web.

How can you tell if I have a worm or other virus?

When you open and run an infected program, you might not know you've contracted a virus. Your computer may slow down, stop responding, or crash and restart every few minutes. Sometimes a virus will attack the files you need to start up a computer. All of these symptoms are common signs that your computer has a virus.

Lyon Computer Solutions offer a Removal Service for ANY or ALL of the following:

Trojans

Trojans are destructive programs that masquerade as a benign applications. Unlike viruses, Trojan do not replicate themselves but they are every bit as destructive. Trojans can include key-loggers (tracking what you type on the keyboard) and system backdoors which opens up your computer to the attackers control.

You will most likely suspect your computer has a Trojan on it when it starts to perform badly.

Worms

A worm, like a virus, is designed to copy itself from one computer to another, but it does so automatically by taking control of features on the computer that can transport files or information. Once you have a worm in your system it can travel alone. A great danger of worms is their ability to replicate in great volume. For example, a worm could send out copies of itself to everyone listed in your e-mail address book, and their computers would then do the same, causing a domino effect of heavy network traffic that would slow down business networks and the Internet as a whole.

When new worms are unleashed, they spread very quickly, clogging networks and possibly making you wait twice as long for you (and everyone else) to view Web pages on the Internet.

Worm (n.) A subclass of virus. A worm generally spreads without user action and distributes complete copies (possibly modified) of itself across networks. A worm can consume memory or network bandwidth, thus causing a computer to stop responding.

Because worms don't need to travel via a "host" program or file, they can also tunnel into your system and allow somebody else to take control of your computer remotely. Recent examples of worms included the Sasser worm and the Blaster worm.

Virus

A virus is a piece of computer code that attaches itself to a program or file so it can spread from computer to computer, infecting as it travels. Viruses can damage your software, your hardware, and your files. A virus piggybacks on real programs.

Virus (n.) Code written with the express intention of replicating itself. A virus attempts to spread from computer to computer by attaching itself to a host program. It may damage hardware, software, or information.

Computer viruses range from the mildly annoying to the downright destructive. The good news is that a true virus does not spread without human action to move it along, such as sharing a file or sending an e-mail.

All computer users are advised to keep their Anti-Virus up to date, however it is still possible for a virus to creep into the system and remain undetected - even with the latest Anti-Virus software running.

Adware / Spyware / Malware

Adware software can display unwanted advertising banners while the program is running or via some other triggering mechanism is called Adware. In addition they may also upload information collected to others without your explicit permission. This type of Adware is often referred to as "Trackware" or "Spyware".

Keeping your system clean of Adware and Spyware will enhance the performance or your computer and assure information about you and your Internet usage remains within your computer. Lyon Computer Solutions have the tools to detect and remove such nasties from your system.

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