Facebook especially apps carry all kinds of stuff and it could also be your browser .... Internet explorer is my FAVORITE but...:( it carry's all kinds of crap ...so now my friend Scott (Computer Programmer) Has banned me from it so I have Firefox and Goggle....they are ok!Hope this helps!

We have very secure servers and firewalls since we are a bank and have internet banking. The gov't requires it. One of the girls at work was on google and went to a religious site and our firewalls stopped the virus, but if it had been a normal home computer our IT tech said it would have been bad. You have to be so careful when you open a link.

Well, it was late in the day before I got my computer back and things up and running again. :( Our tech ended up having to do a fresh install which means pretty much, a new computer. She didn't lecture me on on FB, although she did say it's a good place to pick up viruses. Interstingly she did not like seeing Smilebox and Photoscape on my computer and removed those two programs. I also like to use dogpile for a search engine and she told me to STOP! using that. I think they form opinions based on what they've seen, not necessarily because they are bad places. I still feel that it had to be something work related because I use all these same programs at home. I have a different anti virus program at home, but if it's that serious of a virus, I'd think I would be noticing it here too and I am not, not even warnings. It's also possible my computer has some hardware damage that's adding to my problems. So, we'll see how long it goes before it crashes again.

Businesses are targeted at a much higher rate than are home computers.

I would stay off FB at work and I agree about not using DOGPILE. I hope you have better luck now.;)

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Written by: Shanna James • Edited by: Bill Fulks
Published Sep 18, 2010 • Related Guides: Search Engine | Vista
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