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This document discusses computer viruses, including what they are, their types, and how to protect against them. A computer virus is a malicious program that can replicate itself and destroy a computer quickly by infecting and damaging files. There are several types of viruses like boot sector viruses, resident viruses, and macro viruses that infect systems in different ways. Symptoms of a virus infection include slow performance, pop-up windows, and programs running unexpectedly in the background. The best way to protect a computer is by installing and keeping up to date antivirus software from trusted vendors.

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A Computer Virus - Edited

This document discusses computer viruses, including what they are, their types, and how to protect against them. A computer virus is a malicious program that can replicate itself and destroy a computer quickly by infecting and damaging files. There are several types of viruses like boot sector viruses, resident viruses, and macro viruses that infect systems in different ways. Symptoms of a virus infection include slow performance, pop-up windows, and programs running unexpectedly in the background. The best way to protect a computer is by installing and keeping up to date antivirus software from trusted vendors.

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Computer Virus - Introduction, Types Notes PDF

A computer virus is a malicious computer program that can destroy your computer within
seconds. There are different types of viruses are available that can destroy the smart and
perfect working of a computer. The malicious program can replicate itself once it is installed
on the computer. The code is highly malicious as it is capable of destroying the files by
infecting them quickly;u. The symptoms of a dark spot on the display screen signal the
presence of viruses in the computer. It can destroy the pro9grams and affects the functioning
of the computer. Computer viruses can affect our computers differently. The types of
computer viruses and the effects of computer viruses are addressed here. The readers can also
come across the best strategy to answer the question of how to prevent computer viruses.

What is a Computer Virus?

A computer virus is a program that can be easily inserted into the system with the aim of the
destruction of certain programs. Computer viruses are highly capable as they can damage our
devices and files. Computer viruses can contaminate the files without giving a chance for the
proper retrieval of the necessary information. The virus is highly capable of replication and
reduplication and it can modify itself. The computer virus can modify the other computer
programs available in the system and penetrate its coding. The code once inserted can spread
fast and massive destruction of the data and files happens within a fragment of seconds. The
whole device may ultimately crash.

Computer viruses are a matter of concern for users across the world. computer viruses can
use damage billions annually. It is a matter of great concern. Computer viruses affect
programming. It is impossible to be visible with naked eyes. But some symptoms can help
the users to identify the preference of viruses. The symptoms confirming the presence of the
virus in your computer include.

If a virus is present in your system, it takes time to open up many of the applications. The
computer works slowly in such cases. The speed of the system decreases

Too many pops up windows on the display screen indicates the presence of the virus
affection

The self-execution of the programs may happen. Many of the programs may strat function in
the background of the system and you will be unaware about its working.

The accounts will be hacked and the sites which are protected with the password can be
cracked and you will be logged out by itself.

The entire system stop working smoothly. The system may crack down all of a sudden.

Types of Computer Virus


Refer to the below list to know about the list of the different types of viruses.
• Boot Sector Virus – One of the dangerous viruses which can contaminate the boot
sector of floppy disks or the Master Boot Record (MBR) of hard disks. The Boot
sector incorporates the entire files. The Boot sector is important as it contains the files
which are mandated to initiate the Operating system of the computer. The virus can
overwrite the existing program and copy itself into the other part of the disk.
• Direct Action Virus – This type of virus links itself directly to a .exe or .com file and
destroys the device. It enters into the file and starts its execution which is in other
words called the Direct Action Virus. Once inserted and installed, it remains hidden
and can be considered a non-resident virus.
• Resident Virus – A virus that preserves itself in the memory of the computer. It is
capable of infecting other files and the originating program stops working. The virus
is hard to remove from the system as it is unable to locate. It hides very well in the
memory of the system and destroys it completely.

• Multipartite Virus – A virus that can bombard the boot sector and the executable
files of an already contaminated computer together is called a multipartite virus. This
virus can facilitate cyber crimes as the system can be completely hacked by the
insertion of the virus.
• Overwrite Virus – These are the most harmful viruses. It can remove the current
program and substitute it with the adversary code by overwriting it. The host code can
be entirely replaced with the harmful code.
• Polymorphic Virus – This type of virus is disseminated through spam and infected
websites. the viruses are too complex and are difficult to notice. The presence cannot
be detected easily. They construct a modified or morphed version of the current
program. It can destroy the running code and replace it with the harmful code of the
virus.
• File Infector Virus – This virus first infects a single file and then subsequently
unfurls itself to further executable files and programs. The virus can be infected
through downloaded games and word processors.
• Spacefiller Virus –This is considered a rare type of virus. the specialty of ten
viruses is that it is capable of filling the space in a program or a file with the available
source of viruses. This is thus named cavity virus. It affects the size of the file and is
unidentifiable.
• Macro Virus – A virus registered in the identical macro language as employed in the
software program is known as the macro virus. it infects directly when a word file is
opened in the computer at the time of the execution of the virus. The emails can be
notorious for carrying these viruses across.

How To Protect Your Computer from Virus?


Your computer can be protected from the virus if you are willing to take the safety measures
which include the download =ing, and installation of the anti-virus software. the antivirus
software can help the computer to detect hidden malicious viruses and save your computer
from destruction. An antivirus software
consist of a set of programs that can catch and terminate all the harmful and malicious
software from your device. The commonly used anti-virus software are
• Kaspersky Antivirus
• AVAST Antivirus
• Comodo Antivirus
• Norton Antivirus
• F-Secure Antivirus
• McAfee Antivirus
.

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