In short, the answer to the above question is to protect your computer. If a virus infects your computer it can in some cases actually use your computer to send itself to others. You will not know this is happening until you start receiving emails from friends and relatives wanting to know why you are sending them a virus.
Some viruses can even send files from your computer to others, which could prove to be very embarrassing. If you do not have an anti-virus program on your computer, one that gives frequent updates, then you are not only leaving yourself unprotected, but also everyone in your address book.
We recently saw an incident where one of these viruses got into an address book and then started sending itself to others using the email addresses of people in the address book. In other words, if this happened to you and you had grandma's email address in your book, emails containing the virus could be sent out saying they were from grandma, meaning people would start calling grandma to see what she is doing. Of course, poor grandma probably wouldn't have a clue.
Young people are likely to come across a range of different material when exploring the internet. While a lot of this material will be fun, educational or informative, some of the content they view may be upsetting or cause them distress.
Ionline strives to control and monitor minor access to Internet content through our partner security applications. we are pleased to offer you Kaspersky with parental control and firewall security.
