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Trojan Horse, Trojan Virus - Help I need a decent Antivirus!

A Trojan also known as a Trojan horse, is a malicious software scam designed by criminal gangs and their hackers to disguise as real software to gain access to devices. Cyber-criminals intentionally use Trojan technology to spy on or hack into victims.

Users are conned into downloading this software by some attractive social media add-on which then enables itself and gets to work. Using this backdoor, they can start to gather all of your important sensitive information.

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Free Antivirus Software - An Affordable Friend or A Costly Foe?

A lot of people try going without an antivirus or they use a free antivirus such AVG Free. However there are several serious factors you need to consider before siding with free antivirus software or none at all.

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What is ransomware & Why you need to pay for Antivirus Software

Every day thousands of people find their computer locked down by ransomware – usually with the message “Your files are encrypted, to decrypt your computer you have to pay £500 GBP”.

You are then given only a few days to pay, after which the price goes up to £1,000.

After a week of no payment, you are warned that the decryption key will be irretrievably destroyed with no further chance of recovering your files ever again.

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