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Never heard of XP Antivirus 2008, or it's cousin Antivirus 2009? You haven't gotten constant popups claiming "Your Computer is Infected!"? Well you've been lucky so far, and if you don't know what I'm talking about, read further on about the world of RansomWare.

The typical characteristics of RansomWare is that they masquerade as either a virus alert, scanner, or removal tool for your computer. You will get various popups and browser windows opening up unsolicited on your computer, with messages telling you about various problems it has identified on your machine, usually with a "click here to fix" attached to it.

Clicking on these is about the worst thing you can do, at best you will be taken to a screen giving you the hard sell to buy a product you don't need, and at worst you will be downloading the virus, trojan or worm itself onto your computer.

You can get infected by these things mainly through downloading files or visiting suspect sites. Which is why it's important to always have robust and credible antivirus protection software on your computer, that not only checks downloads and websites you visit, but scans emails as well. At ExpatTech we recommend either NOD32 or ZoneAlarm among the paid products, or the free version of AVG if you don't want to have to shell out for this. My recommendation - there's a lot of free stuff on the internet that you can take advantage of, but AntiVirus protection software is one thing that it's definitely worth paying for.

If you're unlucky enough to be reading this because you HAVE been infected, don't worry, ExpatTech has considerable experience with virus and spyware removal - we can save your computer. Call or email us now for advice on how to get your machine up and running smoothly again.

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