How do anti-virus and anti-spyware programs work?

May 4th, 2010

carledwards99andtonystewart20fan asked:


How do anti-virus and anti-spyware programs work? How do they detect and remove all the viruses, malicious software, and spyware on someone’s PC? What were the first decent anti-virus and anti-spyware software programs, and what year did they become available?

VICKI

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Can spyware on one computer affect the internet speed of a computer sharing the connection?

April 11th, 2010

hugo asked:


I share an internet connection with my brother – both connected to the same router – but his computer is really, really slow. Probably due to the amount of spyware/adware/viruses he has. What I wanted to know was, will the speed of his computer have an effect on my internet speed at all? Is that possible?

DEBBIE

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Can you tell me what’s wrong with my computer?

February 17th, 2010

music_master asked:


Now I don’t know if it’s the cable companies fault but my computer’s internet keeps goin down and i have to unplug it everytime it goes down and plug it back in so it works for a little while longer. I have a mac but no warrenty so i can’t call them. Now I know Mac’s cannot get viruses but what could be wrong. My other windows is doing the same and acting a lot slower than usual. Could this be a virus in any way or spyware or any of the above..even for a mac?

Caffeinated Content

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