Can you get a virus by just visiting a website? If you can, is there a program that will warn you before hand?
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yes and yes. Viruses use security flaws in the browser to gain access and automatically infect your pc/laptop with a virus, if you use google avg free can advise you what sites are safe and sites that are not if u use google to search for a term. AVG is also a free anti virus available to non commercial users.
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I believe you can. I have McAfee Security Suite Site Advisor that will put up a warning instead of taking me to the site. It will say something like "connecting to this page, may cause damage" or something like that. There are also different levels of security it will show. Right now it shows a green box with a check next to McAfee Site Advisor. Sometimes, it will be yellow with a warning or red for don't go there. Hope this helps.
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Yes. Once a bad website is known, some browsers can warn you that the website you're about to visit may host malicious code and allow you to cancel. Also, virus scanners can monitor what's being downloaded and cancel the download of the malware it finds. Avast antivirus does that.
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yes, you can. Some defencive means that you may undertake: - Use antivirus programs: Symantec Norton (slightly more comprehensive, than others, but also more expensive and heavy for the computer - I may recommend it for strong workstations only), Avira, Kaspersky. - install latest security patches to your OS and web browser. Further information: http://www.antiphishing.org/consumer_recs.html
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yes you can but if you use the mozilla firefox web browser it does warn you if something nasty is at the site and gets you out fast preventing attacks before they happen.
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I've got many viruses that way, even with FF. Use professional tools, like Avast or Kaspersky or F-Secure, that already have web traffic analyzing capability.
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I use top rated Super Deluxe 2009 antivirus and lots more software.
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