HP C4381-90100 What Norton AntiVirus does automatically, What you have to do

14-2 About Norton AntiVirus

well as damage data, delete files, and even completely erase your hard disk. Macro viruses, the newest threat, infect and spread throughout Word and Excel documents.

Whenever an infected program is run or an infected document is opened, the attached virus is activated and spreads to other programs and documents. Viruses don’t, however, infect or damage hardware, such as keyboards or monitors. You may experience strange behaviors (such as characters appearing upside down) but your disks are not physically damaged, just what’s stored on them.

What Norton AntiVirus does automatically

Norton AntiVirus safeguards your computer from virus infection, no matter what the source. You are protected from viruses that spread from hard drives and floppy disks, those that travel across networks, and even those that are downloaded from the Internet. In short, Norton AntiVirus does the following:

■Eliminates viruses and repairs virus-damaged files.

■Makes sure your computer is safe from viruses at startup.

■Checks for viruses every time you use software programs on your computer, floppy disks, and document files that you receive or create. (For example, the newest kind of viruses are spread via Microsoft Word and Excel macros.)

■Monitors your computer for any unusual symptoms that may indicate an active virus.

■Runs a scheduled scan automatically once per week to confirm that your hard disks are virus-free.

■Protects your computer from Internet-borne viruses as part of regular operation. No separate programs or Norton AntiVirus options changes are necessary. Program and document files are scanned automatically as they are downloaded and files within compressed files are scanned when they are extracted.

What you have to do

Once a month, obtain from Symantec updated information that Norton AntiVirus needs to keep your virus protection up-to-date. You can do this