Today is the 25th anniversary of the first virus that was written for the PC and I thought it was worth mentioning this on the blog. It was quite apt that we had a customer phone in today saying that they had been infected by a virus. Nothing was working and they wanted to know whether there was anything that iPing could do. (*Of course there was*)

After the virus problem was resolved and the baddies were removed from the customer's network, I got to thinking... Did the authors of  the 'Brain' virus, Basit and Amjad Alvi from Pakistan realise what they were unleashing on the world with Viruses and Malware and the effect it would have on the IT support & computer repair industry. 

At this stage I would like to again emphasise the importance of having an Antivirus application installed on your computer. There are many good antivirus applications out there, the important thing is that you have one installed on your computer and that you keep it up to date.

Here at iPing we use Eset Nod for antivirus and this is what we suggest to our clients to use. If you are having problems with viruses and would like to resolve these problems just give us a call on 01 5241350 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Again happy 25th birthday Brain virus.