The following are a few tips that can help you minimized the possibility of getting infected.

• Avoid visiting infected websites. Your antivirus, even when not updated automatically detects the web pages that are infected after checking it with its current database. The pop-ups are usually not allowed, and some are not opened, with information that they are infected.
• Portable storage devices should be checked first with an antivirus. After using it in another computer, it is possible that the portable storage device got infected with the virus in that computer. Using it on your computer will only get your own computer infected. Run a test on the portable storage device before opening accessing it for information.

These two are very easy to do. The antivirus can only react to the virus that they can identify using their current database, and since it takes a few while before an antivirus that can identify new viruses, it is only right to do your part.

Although each playthrough will vary, the final result will remain constant, keeping the storyline linear. Vice president Rob Pardo has stressed that each campaign will function very differently. The Terran campaign, Wings of Liberty, will place players in a mercenary type campaign, as Terran rebel Jim Raynor carries out missions for cash.

Compared to the original, units in Starcraft II have new abilities that encourage more detailed interaction with the game environment. Among these are the inclusion of units that can cross over multiple levels of terrain, or have the ability to teleport short distances.  Starcraft II’s campaign will also have exclusive units which would only be playable in the campaign and not in the multiplayer modes.  Some Protoss units can be warped in to pylon-powered areas using the Warp Gate, a slight change of the existing building called the Gateway.

Jim Raynor, whose role in the events of StarCraft and Brood War has been marginalized by the media under the Dominion’s control, has been reduced to mercenary status. Other new characters to the series include Tychus Findlay, first seen in the StarCraft II teaser cinematic. He is a marine who will be a member of Raynor’s crew, and Matt Horner, Raynor’s second in command, is a character originally featured in the novel Queen of Blades. Following the fall of Aiur and the demise of their matriarch Raszagal, the Protoss have pulled back to the dark templar homeworld of Shakuras. There, Artanis, a former student of Tassadar, is trying to join the Khalai Protoss and the dark templar.

Wings of Liberty will support the DirectX 9 (Pixel shader 2.0) software and will be totally compatible with DirectX 10 as well.  The development team has not yet decided whether to add exclusive DirectX 10 graphic effects. The Mac version will use OpenGL. The game will also include the Havok physics engine, which offers more realistic environmental elements such as “debris rolling down a ramp”. Rob Pardo said in a June interview that LAN support would not be included in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. Their reason was to force players to use Battle.net. This has generated a large amount of protest mainly in the form of online petitions, and calls for boycotting the game.

StarCraft II was split during development into three installments: the base game called Wings of Liberty, and two expansion packs, Heart of the Swarm and Legacy of the Void. Although initially Starcraft was conceived as a single game, the decision was made to provide more breadth to develop the game’s story. Set in the 26th century in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, human exiles from Earth; the Zerg, a race of insectoids; and the Protoss, a species with vast psionic power. The game takes place four years after the events of StarCraft: Brood War, and follows the exploits of Jim Raynor as he leads an insurgent group against the autocratic Terran Dominion.

It has been a number of years since Blizzard first announced that they were releasing a sequel to Starcraft, one of the most popular RTS games of all time. Starcraft is so popular in Korea that tournaments are televised and when the new game is released it will be a national holiday.

Instead of targeting all 3 different races in one release, Blizzard has said that there will be 3 releases all targeting just one race each.

The reason behind the change of plan is that it will allow for more detailed and elaborate campaigns. There is still no word on a release date.

There is expected to be a huge demand for this game. People will be gearing up to play it online where there is still a cult following of the original Starcraft.