We work and use our computers every day, but sometimes we forget how vulnerable they are in getting viruses. Obviously we visit tons of websites every day and we don’t know whether these sites contain viruses or not. I can’t include Macs in this talk since I have never encountered virus problems with Mac. It’s mostly the PC’s that get hit with this problem.

I work with a Mac and PC both, and have to say that I’ve never encountered any virus hoopla with the Mac. So, back to the PC burden. You must first understand how to keep viruses and spyware off your computer. This is your first line of defense. The good news is all you need is a free online virus scan. See, you don’t even have to purchase software.

Have you ever been hit by a virus so powerful that it wiped out your files and caused your computer to crash? These viruses and spyware programs can do that. They will cause your hard drive to burn down and basically crash your system.

Computer viruses have the power to obliterate your hard drive and basically crash your system. All of the sudden you’re sitting before a screen full of lines, your keyboard and mouse no longer work, and you’re two seconds from pitching the entire machine out the window. YIKES! Let’s hope this never happens to you.

Sadly it did happen to me. One fine day, while I was researching a school paper topic on the web, everything slowed down. It was like I had dial-up or something. Then my monitor started having difficulties. Finally my screen froze. I attempted to re-start the PC, but the screen kept on freezing. It was time to call in the big gun.

My computer technician of a brother came to my rescue. In no time he said my PC had crash because I had a virus. After a couple hours he had it back up and running. He was struggling to quarantine the virus and eliminate countless spyware I never knew I had.

He recommended that I run an online virus scan everyday to make sure that my system is not infected with these things again. After this happened, I made sure to run a system scan on the other computers in the house.

Is it about time you did an online virus scan? I’ll bet your PC could use the routine check-up. Remember, these scans are free online. Although you can purchase software, you don’t have to in order to keep your hard drive clean of nasty viruses. Just don’t put it off. Get it done today!