How can I tell the difference between legitimate updates and trojans/malware?

Trojans and various forms of malware are becoming smarter and more dangerous and now often pretend to be legitimate programs or pose as "updates" even for real anti-virus software. How can I tell the difference between real updates/real programs and cleverly disguised updates or programs posing as them?|||Only do your updates directly through the program. Deny anything that just pops up out of the blue|||Most real internet protection software is microsoft certified. It's safer to go to a computer store and buy a well known name brand like McAfee,Norton, or Trend Micro. Stay away from anything that is from a pop-up ad.|||To be sure which rogue application you are dealing with, I suggest you checkout the link provided, download the FREE infection scanner, and follow the removal instructions.





http://www.pcthreat.com/removers.html|||The ones done from Microsoft's site are always safe.|||Real update programs will download with your knowing. Like when you download off a site and you can open them whenever you want. Malware and fake antiviruses are quite annoying and start randomly|||If you have XP, just google search windows update and go directly to microsoft's site. If you have vista/7, just use the windows update application built into your computer.|||Start


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