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// Removing What Is Ailing Your Computer
VIRUS & MALWARE REMOVAL
Viruses and malware seem to always find a way in – let us extract and eliminate those bugs!
// our services
VIRUS & MALWARE REMOVAL
- We provide virus and malware removal services for business and residential clients.
- Business solutions include a monthly solution where security is monitored and mitigated by Menozzi IT Solutions cyber security engineers.
- We always recommend the use of passwords and two-factor authentication. Many new programs, and online access for software and business applications are also using two-factor authentication to protect your account from unauthorized access or misuse.
- We recommend the number one rated anti-virus software in order to protect your computers and network, so that you don't have to see us on a regular basis due to virus infections, malware or ransomware.
- For businesses we can also provide quarterly online and cyber security training that will help employees identify threats, scams, and bad actors.
- We practice a defense-in-depth philosophy where we have hardware firewalls installed, software firewalls, and aniti-virus/anti-malware software installed on all endpoints.
// statistics
MALWARE
Of Malware Is Delivered By Email
Of Mobile Malware Targets Android Devices
Of Malware Is Made Up Of Trojans
// statistics
RANSOMEWARE
Percentage of Malware Payloads That Were Ransonware 70%
of victims paid the ransom.
Of ransomware victims are small to mid-sized businesses.
of small businesses had experience with ransomware.
The average cost of ransom per incident is on the rise:
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// Virus & malware
Common Questions & Answers
Having Microsoft Defender isn’t a long term solution but will work in a pinch. Microsoft isn’t a security company, or a anti-virus company, so they don’t pour the time and effort into their security software like the most common offerings such as BitDefender, Norton, McAfee, Webroot and others. We never recommend using Microsoft Windows Defender for security. Our current recommendation is BitDefender Total or Premium Security. All of our business clients are protected by the business version of BitDefender and it’s what we use on all of our business and personal computers.
The first thing I recommend is disconnect from the internet, either physically or virtually, immediately. The next stop is to run your onboard anti-virus software, which we hope is BitDefender, and see if there are any infections. If there is, contact us immediately to see what the next steps will be.
The short answer is no. The more in-depth answer is that no computer system connected to the internet is 100% safe while running any security software. There are many reasons why, one of them being that you cannot control human interactions with the internet and email. There are bad actors that can manipulate anyone to open an email, a link or download some software that can get by even the best security software. The best way to protect yourself is to have a layered defense, which we will discuss more in the cyber security section. However, layered defense consists of a physical firewall, a network behind your internet providers network and of course firewall software, as well as security software.
The answer to that is yes, anti-virus software will slow down your computer, just like any other software you install that runs on constant basis. However, security software manufacturers have improved their software regarding resource management. Still, some of the bigger names still have some decent impact on the operation of the computer. With newer, more equipped computers, the impact on your computer should be negligible. If your computer is 4-6 years old there will be more of an impact.
The answer to that is no. You always hear the old adage, “you get what you pay for”, and it’s very true with anti-virus software. We trust the free versions more than Microsoft Windows Defender, but we still don’t condone using either. The free versions will usually have less features, such as built-in firewalls, early detection, advanced threat defense, real-time detection and other features. The cost of annual anti-virus programs is far less than what it would cost for an IT specialist to remove and figure out what else is affected on your computer.
