Antivirus Software To The Rescue It happened at 4 p.m. on a Friday afternoon, the night he had to leave early for a family reunion. The agencys computers were hit with a virus.
Michael Saunders, head of Saunders Insurance, Ltd., in Taber, Alberta, Canada, worked on the agencys seven workstations until 10 p.m., trying to clean up the mess. But despite his best efforts, he said, problems lingered that affected the performance of the agencys computer system.
Mr. Saunders traced the problem back to the practice of turning off the antivirus software while running the computers. The Applied agency management system the agency used slowed or froze-up while using one of the more popular antivirus software systems. This opened the door to an attack, he admitted.
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