You know how we are all so dependent on the WWW now? On my way to work, I tweet and surf the web. Sometimes I do mBanking on the go, sometimes I read and reply emails… then once I read the office, I’ll spend 30 mins catching up on Facebook, Twitter and Blogs before really settling down into work.
During work, I read and reply emails, surf the web for information (which also means visiting a lot of never visited before websites), I surf Facebook and other social media outlets a lot because that’s part of my job as well and I also do the occasional iBanking.
Lunch’s either out with the colleagues or in office doing some casual internet surfing. Sometimes my naughty eyes rove to online blogshops and e-malls which sometimes lead to an online payment transaction.
At home, instead of watching TV like I used to 6-7 years ago, I now go on Facebook, blog, read news, play games, chat, watch videos and so more – all online.
And I believe this is the lifestyle for most of us who live in the digital age today.
But here’s something.
DO YOU KNOW that there’s a malicious trade out there where people are paid for placing malware into your computer? For stealing bank accounts? For compromising your PCs? For stealing email addresses, passwords and other important information?
HOLY MACAROONS.
And there is 1.5 NEW THREATS every second.
WHAT THIS MEANS to us is that we have slower PCs, we have disruptions at work and our confidential data is at risk! *GASP*
Cybercriminals are now lurking in Social Media Networks and Online Gaming Websites cos that’s where most of us are!
For example, we all know the MSN pop up messages that our “friends” seemingly sends to us? Well those are viruses!!
“I saw a sexy photo of you online! Is that you??? Click here: http://www.xxx.com”
Close it asap! Your friend’s computer has been compromised already!
Or maybe you received an email from a friend with an email subject like “hi how are you”… but that friend DID not send this email to you!
VIRUS ALERT!
Yes. We all know we need it but we all just kinda, ignore it cos well, anti-virus is just so complicated.
It’s expensive, and it takes up a lot of memory space and the frequent scanning just makes it all very unapproachable in general.
Even when Nuffnang and Trend Micro invited me to an educational event about internet security, I was abit skeptical. Erm, are we REALLY going to touch on that?! After the initial hesitations, the information sharing session got more and more interesting.
Ok there are many many brands of Anti-Virus software out there to choose from. From the FREE to the expensive. All offering different pros and cons.
So how to choose???? Ok here are some comparisons with other brands to help you have a better picture. (Click on the images to enlarge for details!)
#1: Trend Micro Titanium is SAFE
#2: Trend Micro Titanium is LIGHT
#3: Trend Micro Titanium is FAST
I am very lucky to be given a copy of Trend Micro’s Titanium Anti-Virus to try out for 1 year. Check out the Titanium Advantage here.
By writing this post, I hope you are more aware of the viruses that threaten us in this digital age that we live in and be more aware of them. I think Trend Micro has a GREAT info-sharing fanpage here that updates on the latest malware and viruses that are being created. No harm like’ing their page and keeping yourself updated!
Here’s more!
Simply visit Trend Micro’s Fanpage and click “Like” and then click on the Contest Tab for more information!!
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Trend Micro is a global leader in Internet content security advancing threat managament technology to secure data aginst a wide range of threats. They are founded in the United States and are headquarter in Tokyo, Japan. They are also THE security brand with the NO. 1 market share in Japa
n. You can find out more about them hereor keep updated with the latest new viruses/threats on their Fanpage
n. You can find out more about them hereor keep updated with the latest new viruses/threats on their Fanpage
