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COGECO SECURITY SERVICES ANTI-VIRUS

High Quality Protection
Extremely fast virus protection provided by the world's most reputable Anti-Virus research team.

Automatic Updates
Easy to use. Once the program is installed, there is no need to launch the Anti-Virus solution updates yourself.

Overall Security
Scans your e-mails as well as all traffic originating from CD-Roms, diskettes, USB sticks, Internet surfing and Internet downloads.

Flexibility
Enables you to easily set your own security profile to be more flexible or more rigid.

What is a virus?

A computer virus is a program or programming code that replicates itself by being copied or initiating copying itself to another program, computer boot sector or document. Viruses can enter your computer as attachments to an e-mail or in a downloaded file, or they can be present on a diskette or a CD. The virus source is usually unaware that it contains a virus.

What damage can a virus cause to my computer?

A computer virus attaches itself to, overwrites or otherwise replaces another program in order to reproduce itself without your knowledge. This can quickly use your entire computer's available memory and slow down the system or bring it to a halt. Viruses may damage data files, attempt to destroy files, make disks unreadable or even cause unintended damages. Viruses can also delete files, format hard drives or modify data on your PC.