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Some viruses can delete all of the data on your computer, while many just steal your identity and can steal your personal details. There are different types of viruses such as Malware, Trojans, Worms and more. It is highly recommended that you have good Antivirus software to protect you from these sort of viruses. There are some viruses that sneak into your computer by pretending to be a anti-virus and make you install it and give out your credit card details. Only give out details to companies you trust like Kaspersky.
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Name any three computer viruses?
Three computer viruses are ping-pong, acid and 1260. Ping-pong is considered as a harmless virus. It does not affect most computers in a negative way.
What are all the computer viruses called?
A computer virus is a small software program that attaches itself to a program or file. It is designed to spread from one computer to another and interfere with computer operation. To avoid viruses, it's essential that you have security software(antivirus). Types Of Viruses Trojan Horse: A trojan horse program has the appearance of having a useful and desired function. While it may advertise its activity after launching, this information is not apparent to the user beforehand. Secretly the program performs other, undesired functions. A Trojan Horse neither replicates nor copies itself, but causes damage or compromises the security of the computer. A Trojan Horse must be sent by someone or carried by another program and may arrive in the form of a joke program or software of some sort. The malicious functionality of a Trojan Horse may be anything undesirable for a computer user, including data destruction or compromising a system by providing a means for another computer to gain access, thus bypassing normal access controls. Worms: A worm is a program that makes and facilitates the distribution of copies of itself; for example, from one disk drive to another, or by copying itself using email or another transport mechanism. The worm may do damage and compromise the security of the computer. It may arrive via exploitation of a system vulnerability or by clicking on an infected e-mail. Bootsector Virus: A virus which attaches itself to the first part of the hard disk that is read by the computer upon bootup. These are normally spread by floppy disks. Macro Virus: Macro viruses are viruses that use another application's macro programming language to distribute themselves. They infect documents such as MS Word or MS Excel and are typically spread to other similar documents. Memory Resident Viruses: Memory Resident Viruses reside in a computers volitale memory (RAM). They are initiated from a virus which runs on the computer and they stay in memory after it's initiating program closes. Rootkit Virus: A rootkit virus is an undetectable virus which attempts to allow someone to gain control of a computer system. The term rootkit comes from the linux administrator root user. These viruses are usually installed by trojans and are normally disguised as operating system files. Polymorphic Viruses: A polymorphic virus not only replicates itself by creating multiple files of itself, but it also changes it's digital signature every time it replicates. This makes it difficult for less sophisticated antivirus software to detect. Logic Bombs/Time Bombs: These are viruses which are programmed to initiate at a specific date or when a specific event occurs. Some examples are a virus which deletes your photos on Halloween, or a virus which deletes a database table if a certain employee gets fired.
What is a fake virus?
A fake virus is something that looks like a virus, but is a "contained virus" in a way because the user of the "infected" computer can just shutdown their computer, and it will be all good again. A good way to make these fake viruses are via command prompt (batch files), and java scripts.
What are the dangers of fabric spray paint?
There are a few dangers of fabric spray paint. These dangers include: getting the spray in your eyes, nose and mouth, using the product in an area that's not well ventilated and spraying it by mistake on something other than the fabric.
What viruses start with the letter c?
The common cold and cholera are viruses. They begin with the letter c.
What are some common dangers on the computer?
Viruses. since you have read this you have gotten about 7 viruses. ha ha =-p
Do antivirus companies cause the computer virus?
No. Antivirus companies know the risks involved when dealing with computer viruses and the potential dangers of viruses getting out in the wild. Antivirus companies do not hire people who've made viruses, and the whole concept of antivirus companies creating viruses is simply a myth, urban legend and conspiracy theory
What are some dangers in downloading free antivirus software?
There are many unknown dangers when downloading free antivirus software. They can be viruses themselves or in many cases give a sense of false security. Free antiviruses are very for viruses to sneak past and end up in the users computer.
What are some dangers of free music downloads?
There are many dangers that can come with downloading free music. First some of these websites can plant viruses on your computer. Another reason is it's against the law and can lead to a harsh punishment.
What type of program is a backdoor?
They are computer viruses that let hackers and other viruses in to your computer undetected. They are computer viruses that let hackers and other viruses in to your computer undetected.
What kind of products does Symantex offer?
Symantec is a company operating in the computer industry. They specialize in security software, which is meant to protect a PC from viruses, spyware, and other dangers.
Why should you scan files when passed from one computer to another?
To avoid Computer Viruses to protect one computer to another computer.
What are the potential dangers of accessing gaming websites?
viruses and hackers
Whatare the dangers of email attachments?
it could be overun with viruses
How do you get viruses out of computer?
by anti-viruses
Can yahoocom give your computer viruses?
No Yahoo.com does not give your Computer viruses
How are real viruses unlike computer viruses?
a computer virues afects your computer and a virues afects you
