Viruses

What is a Computer Virus?

A computer virus is a program which passes on to other computers and can damage your computer. It infects your software, this could mean deleting your documents or the whole memory on your computer, this is a pain and can be a struggle to delete off your computer. Viruses are very dangerous as they could take any information from your computer or even make your computer crash, they can be sent on purpose to someone or you might load the virus onto your computer by accident. There are a numerous amount of viruses which you can get on your computer.

What damage can viruses do?

There are lots of different viruses which are around on the internet and many of them can cause problems with your computer, here are some of the problems which you might face.

The virus might delete all your data on you computer
It might not let you turn on your computer successfully
If you get a virus from somebody they might be able to get hold of personal information like your address, account details e. t. c.
The virus might Crash your computer now and again
The person who sent you the virus might be allowed to take control of your computer
It might become really hard to erase the virus from your computer, causing more stress

How can you prevent yourself from getting a viruse?

There are only a few ways that you can protect yourselves from viruses, one of them is making sure you do not download anything from an odd looking website. You can also not open any emails in your spam box or from an unknown email addresses as people can easily send viruses through email. Another way is to buy an anti-virus software here are some programs which are good value for money:

Avast!
Norton
MacAfee
BullGuard
Dr Web
F-Prot
Norman

What types of viruses are there?

There are numerous types of viruses on the internet, thousands of people yearly are making new ones so it is hard to state everyone of them, so here are some common viruses which you hopefully are not going to encounter:

Overwrite Viruses - this is when all of your infected documents get deleted.

Boot viruses – This means that when you put a disc into your computer it could delete the memory of the disc.

File Infections – This virus keeps making more viruses when you open the document which is infected.

Resident Viruses – This virus infects all of your computer programs, it can be repeated again and again.

What are the disadvantages of having Anti-virus software?

Many people have been trying to make a anti-vius software which does not have an disadvantages though everyone has failed, though antivirus software is good to have as it protects you there are some disadvantages of having that kind of software. Here are some of the disadvantages, below:

The software mightT BJDKSVIt slows down your computer
Keeps making you decide on changes which you don’t understand
Some viruses can pass on your anti-virus software and still give you a virus.
Some anti- viruses software is not compatible with computers so it makes it hard to find programs which work on your computer.