If you want to know whether or not your anti-virus program is working, then here is a very simple way to create a fake virus so that you can test it (this is completely safe to do):

There is a malware out there that makes itself look like it’s the XP Security Center, but it’s not. It’s malware and will tell you that your computer is infected with a virus. The real XP Security Center will never tell you that your computer is infected with a virus because it is not an anti-virus program. It only monitor’s your security software, which includes your anti-virus program.

In any case, the way to remove it is by downloading Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware.

Here are the instructions:

Here are some simple things that you can do to avoid getting a virus on your computer:

Is your PC running slow or giving you a lot of popups? Spybot is one of the programs that I use to handle that type of situation.

You can download this free software for free at www.download.com

Here is a video that I made that shows you exactly how to perform a scan on your computer for spyware and malware with Spybot: Search & Destroy 1.5 (the latest version at the time of this post):