Mrs. Mecomber's Scrapbook

I’m horrified at the rampant spread of malware and viruses that are hitting computers. That junk used to be a threat for people who visited “seedy” websites, or who opened up email attachments (which I don’t). Now, your computer can get a viruses or trojan just by VISITING an infected website. Disgusting!

I found a good tip regarding removing infected PCs. I am of the sort who just wipes the hard drive clean and restarts from scratch, but some folks don’t want to do that. So AVG (who makes the AVG anti-virus software) has a program, a rescue program, that you can run from a CD. It’s here. Read the directions first– this program isn’t something you can run after you boot up your computer. You must burn it to a CD or USB flash drive, and run it from one of those. It’s a wonderful tool to have on hand– just in case.

Hat tip Kim Komando for the heads up about the AVG rescue CD! Thanks!