Update Antivirus To Check Malicious Threats And Keep Your Machine Ever New

How can I forget the day, when I got the first laptop? It was precious as it was a gift from a loving dad to a son. I was burst with joy. It gave me a reason to boast round.

It came loaded with Windows 7 with service pack 1, Office 2007 and other applications. It had a lightning speed. I updated facebook and Myspace with new pics and transferred some crucial data related to the school project on to it.

All went smooth for a couple of months. I was quite happy as I could stay connected with my buddies besides accomplishing assignments. Gradually, it became sluggish in performance. Initially, I defragmented the hard disk to remove the chaos, and speeds it up. But that didn’t solve the purpose.

Once while surfing on the Internet I came across an article which was saying: “How to speed up your PC?” It was quite informative one, and I decided to follow it. First few steps were general like delete temporary Internet files, unwanted downloaded program files, such as Microsoft ActiveX controls and Java applets, optional Windows components and more.

I restarted my system, to see the aftermath, but still there was no improvement. Meanwhile, reading the article, I was directed to the computer support portals through a hyperlink. There I got the contact number for the portal.

With no delay I contacted the support provider and it proved to be a sensible decision as the system was on the blink of crash due to virus attack. Thou’ the system bore the antivirus software but that was outdated.

A technician helped me to uninstall antivirus program from the machine, and get a new antivirus protection for it. As I was getting some antivirus installation error, he took the remote access of the system, and installed antivirus on my behalf. He performed a scanning and showed me how the system was severely affected with viruses and bad files.

Later, he asked me to click on a tab to close the remote session, and then instructed me to restart the system for a test. Amazing! System booted as though a new machine brought that day. I was overwhelmed with the antivirus support; later I paid the charge, and thanked the expert many a time.

Basic Troubleshooting for your Security Software

Installing an effective antivirus protection on your system is one of the most important and useful steps, while setting up your PC. It performs various tasks such as scanning, looking for malicious data in your files in the background, and keeps your system highly optimized and safe.

But, sometimes, you may encounter with conditions, when your antivirus software generates various errors or does not work properly. Last week, I found myself, unable to run system scan, as the antivirus application used to shut down intermittently, and moreover, it was showing an error to install antivirus again, and while updating its virus database. Well, truly speaking, I am not a computer expert, but still tried to troubleshoot the issue on my own, by browsing some of the technical troubleshooting websites. After a long and unfruitful research for hours, it seemed that accidently, I deleted some of the other important files of my security software. Situation got worse!

Now, I had no idea to resolve the issue, and most of my Internet transactions are financial in nature, where security is essential. I browsed a phone number of an antivirus support provider to get the immediate resolution to my issues. Thanks to that technical expert, who provided me the instant resolution, and guided with the easy to follow troubleshooting steps, which are as following:

• Clicked on “Start” button on Windows-XP operating system, situated on the bottom left corner on the system’s screen, and opened the “Control Panel”, appeared in the menu. After that, I double-clicked on the “Add/Remove Option”.
•  Next, I located my security software, and clicked on the button namely “Remove”, situated next to that. It removed the existing antivirus software, and then I restarted my system.
•  Then, reinstalled the antivirus software by placing the disk in my system. I double-clicked the set up file situated in the CD, and provided activation key later. After the installation, I was guided to update the antivirus-software, which can prevent system from various issues related to Internet attacks.

So, if you are facing the same issue with your security software, reinstalling it can resolve the issue without taking antivirus help from any technician.