Virus
A computer virus is a computer program that can multiply easily and infect the person’s computer without any permission. Normally, you get a virus when you download files from internet such as songs, videos, movies and in most of the time ANTI-VIRUSES! They are designed to spread and infect as many computers as they can. Sometimes, computer viruses are confused with Trojan Horses and worms, but what not everyone knows is that they are completely different. Sometimes, even though you have a Anti-virus software, you can get a virus very easily because old virus are modified every single day and new virus are created as well, so your Anti-virus will never be up to date with all the virus around the world.
There are several types of viruses: Malware and Adware are the most famous because they are the easiest virus to get and everyday new software are created to help people who want to keep their computers safe. Basically Malware is any malicious software designed to disrupt the working of a network which means that the faster you get free of them, safer your computer will be. Adware are installed in the user’s machine without their permission, and they are mostly found in advertisements and pop-ups (those small windows showing “unbelievable” promotions that are shown in some websites). They are “less dangerous” than the Malwares because they are just “small pieces of virus” that will together spy the user’s life on internet and catch their passwords as soon as they type them up.
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Computer Viruses:
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