What is really a computer virus?

What is really a computer virus?

A computer virus is a file or program that is not welcomed in your computer with the main purpose of destroying you system. There are many different kind of viruses and below is the list of this viruses:

• Worms – Duplicates itself and floods you system with files of the same type
• Trojans – Relocates different files from other location
• Logic Bombs – Destroys data in your computer

This is the most basic of all the viruses, but it is expanded to a more different type of viruses. All viruses should be removed and this can be done by installing anti virus software and then keep it up to date to the latest virus definition.

What is really a computer virus?

Hello Padricroja,

A computer virus is small program that may reside on your computer with the intention of corrupting files or crushing down the system. Computer viruses are most of the time targeted at crushing various applications and even operating systems, for instance windows operating system is mostly targeted for it is widely used as opposed to Linux which is not affected by viruses for it has few users and it is free.

Viruses can be as result of downloading infected programs on the internet, transferring documents using USB drives and many other ways.

To protect your system against viruses, ensure that you use a strong and updated antivirus.

Regards
Lee Hung