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Could i be getting viruses from game sites?

• i only go on big fish and i win game sites but seem to always get viruses. i download the 60 minute games almost every day and buy a few every month but only from these two game sites. i rarely go into any other sites, only if a friend sends me something in an email. i only play games from these 2 sites and read my emails. i don't have time to do anything else on the puter. why do i keep getting pop-ups that say my puter is comprimised? it runs slow sometimes and it won't let me in to some sites or download some games.

• Answer:

  There is a good chance you have a Virus but more than likely it's from Email Attachments and Not Gaming Sites. Way to many people just Open Attachments before saving and when you don't save an attachment first, your Anti-Virus /Anti-Malware never has a chance to scan the file first and that allows you to invite problems into your system. Now you don't mention what your current Anti-Virus is but let me recommend Microsoft’s Security Essentials which has been a favorite anti-malware application for a while—it’s free, unobtrusive, and it doesn’t slow your PC down, but now it’s even better with the new 2.0 release, which adds network filtering, heuristic protection, and more. Just to be clear and direct with you: we absolutely recommend Microsoft Security Essentials as your anti-malware / anti-virus utility over any other option—and how can you argue? It’s totally free! New Features in 2.0 Here’s all of the new features in the latest release, which make it even more of a must-download: * Network Traffic Inspection integrates into the network system and monitors the traffic at a low level without slowing down your PC, so it can actually detect threats before they get to your PC. * Internet Explorer Integration blocks malicious scripts before IE even starts running them—clearly a big security advantage. * Heuristic Scanning Engine finds malware that hasn’t been previously detected by scanning for certain types of attacks. This provides even more protection than just through virus definitions. These new features make MSE on par with other anti-malware applications, especially the heuristic scanning, which has been the only complaint that anybody could make against MSE in the past—but now it has it. Disabling the New Features (Though You Shouldn’t) If you head into Settings –> Real-time protection, you can remove “Enable behavior monitoring” to disable the heuristic scanning, or uncheck “Enable Network Inspection System” to remove the network traffic filtering. Limiting CPU Usage We can’t remember if this is a new feature or not, but you can head into Settings –> Scheduled Scan to reduce the CPU usage during the weekly scan—normally the weekly scan only starts when you’re not using the PC, but if you sit back down on the PC while the scheduled scan is going, performance will be less impacted with lower CPU usage. Again, you should download this new version. It’s excellent. Note: you should make sure you only have a single anti-virus utility installed at a time. Download Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/