We have the resources, knowledge, and expertese to repair all Virus and Trojan infections on your computers and networks.. Your machines will be thouroughly scanned for threats.All the typical hiding places for these threats will be exposed and flushed. Windows XP and Me system restore is one such hiding spot. It must be flushed and configured correctly for complete sanitization. We will go beyond the advanced user settings to optimize your computers security. Start up folders, services, program files, and the registry are other favorite hiding places for these nasty villans and are only part of the 'hit' list of Alpha Technologies Threat Removal Services. Be assured of one thing, Alpha technologies will get your business running cleanly and efficiently.

Virus / Trojan

Virus:

Much like Adware, Spyware and Malware, virus infections can cause havock on a computer or network. A computer virus starts much like a flu virus. When you get the flu, you have contracted the viral agent from someone or something someone touched that you came in contact with. The virus, once in your system multiplies ( makes copies of itself) so it infects as many cells as possible. It is at this point that you feel the symptoms. Headach, fever, fatigue, achs and pain.

A computer virus acts much the same as a biological virus.

Trojan:

Named after the Trojan State in Homers litereay masterpiece The Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid . Almost everyone has heard the story of the Trojan horse given to the Trojans by the Greeks as an offering to the victor of the siege of Troy. The horse was accepted by the Trojans and brought inside the safety of the walls of Troy. That night, while the trojans slept, a small army issued from the gift horse and opened the gate to Troy. Needless to say, accepting the horse was not a good idea: All the Trojan men were killed and the women and children were taken as slaves.

A computer trojan is based on the same idea. The trojan ( a program or script ) is downloaded onto you hard drive without you knowing. It sits silently and patiently untill activated by whatever or whoever placed it there. Most trojans will be activated by the particular website or program that it represents. The effects varry from hijacked browsers to most of the symptoms of Spyware. The most dangerous trojans are the ones placed in your computer or a computer on your network by someone that wants to gain access to your system. For instance a Sub7Trojan can be remotely controlled by the person who installed it on your computer. Installation is easy. You won't know whats burried on the cd or in that movei or music you downloaded. But they will. Once activated by the person with enough skill, your computer is now theirs. They can easily access all your data. All your documents, email, programs. They can even use your PC to view questionable content websites and the such. If any laws are broken, the local authorities will be at your home or office suspecting you of criminal activity.

Contamination:

Your computer can only be infected by an outside source containing a virus such as the internet, cdrw, dvdrw, floppy, usb drives or another infected computer. Sharing applications like P2P networks are full of them. Adult sites also have many threats.

When you start a network, join a network, enter questionable websites, insert any removable media or download anything you run the risk of being infected.

Networks are especially open to infection because the have common shares and are accesed frequently.It is for this reason that a good antivirus program is worth it's weight in gold. When you are protected, there is very limited risk to your computer and network. This means things run as they are supposed to, problem free

Symptoms:

Once infected, a computer will almost immediately exhibit signs of infection. If it is a replication only virus, it will make clones of itself untill it fills the entire hard drive. I personally have seen a 100GB hard drive filled in less than 8 hours. At this piont you will be able to do nothing on your machine untill it's repaired.

Other virus corrupt files and registries and cause file or system errors. Some will shut down the machine as soon as it boots to desktop.

Others still, attack certain systems or programs and can be a complete nightmare. While not all the symptoms of virus are the same they do share some common effects.

Degrades Overall Performance
Virus Warning Messages
Windows May Not Boot
Windows Hangs or Shuts Down
'Hard Drive Inaccessable' Error
Very Slow Performance

Repair:

We have the resources, knowledge, and expertese to repair all Virus and Trojan infections on your computers and networks.. Your machines will be thouroughly scanned for threats.All the typical hiding places for these threats will be exposed and flushed. Windows XP and Me system restore is one such hiding spot. It must be flushed and configured correctly for complete sanitization. We will go beyond the advanced user settings to optimize your computers security. Start up folders, services, program files, and the registry are other favorite hiding places for these nasty villans and are only part of the 'hit' list of Alpha Technologies Threat Removal Services. Be assured of one thing, Alpha technologies will get your business running cleanly and efficiently.