Do you use an Updated Antivirus or not ?

First and foremost, since viruses, Trojans and other malware are a major concern for any computer connected to the internet; By a survey it is recorded that mostly virus hit your system with the increasing use of USB flash Memory, and new forms of viruses are always getting updated with passage of time, Even Viruses have changed their forms.

Now you can find a virus in  a jpg image also, which look so odd, They can attack your computer with a unknown news resource, or they can jam your system if you accidentally reach to a site which you don’t know, So safe browsing is the key to avoid such issues, one should be sufficiently prepared to defend one’s PC from such things by a good antivirus program.

Do you use an Updated Antivirus or not
Do you use an Updated Antivirus or not

There are plenty of proprietary antivirus vendors such as Symantec and McAfee that have been in the antivirus business for years. However, since purchasing their products cost a pretty penny and unless you continue to pay subscriptions to update your virus definitions the program essentially becomes crippled, this is not necessarily the best solution. There are several free antivirus programs available on the Web that are not only easy to use and update but also offer equally powerful protection.

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Remove Quick Defrag Malware with AntiMalware

Quick Defrag is a Virus/Malware which is not very Old but taking a big hit with the start of Year 2011. It disguises you saying your PC has lots of errors and need defragmenting, and pose himself as legit good program to protect your PC. And Be seeing a lot of popup/ Browser redirects and this security message you fall for trap and decides to buy this piece of shit which does nothing but create more problem for you.

Quick Defrag
Quick Defrag

Once you are infected with it, It won’t let you open any Executable program, whatever you try to open A pop up will comes up saying your operation could not be completed due to Hard disk errors, Once you close this another popup will ask you to scan your system. If you say yes to Scan after sometime you will be shown a list of error with option to download Quick Defrag utility to fix these. Even if you decide not to use it and restart the Window, you will find that Quick defrag has already installed there and sitting on your computer. Now it is creating more problem and the Fake security alerts will keep coming more frequently as it has already installed his malicious code.

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