Viruses: Are You Infected?

What is a computer virus?

Today’s Era is nothing without computer now a day everything is done by computer without computer nothing done. If you have a computer then you must be known about the computer virus. Many of people scared about the virus. But some people also know about the virus. But you must be known what actual computer virus means. Computer viruses are software programs that are deliberately designed to interfere with computer operation, record, corrupt, or delete data, or spread themselves to other computers and throughout the Internet. Viruses’ often-slow things down and cause other problems in the process.

How do viruses work? Basic viruses typically require unwary computer users to inadvertently share or send them. Some viruses that are more sophisticated, such as worms, can replicate and send themselves automatically to other computers by controlling other software programs, such as an e-mail sharing application. Certain viruses, called Trojans, can falsely appear as a beneficial program to coax users into downloading them. Some Trojans can even provide expected results while quietly damaging your system or other networked computers at the same time. To help avoid viruses, it's essential that you keep your computer current with the latest updates and ant virus tools, stay informed about recent threats, and that you follow a few basic rules when you surf the Internet, download files, and open attachments. Once a virus is on your computer, its type or the method it used to get there is not as important as removing it and preventing further infection.

Sign of Virus If you find any indicators listed down the probably your compute get virus. Here are major indicators: - Your computer stops responding or locks up often. Your computer crashes and restarts every few minutes. Your computer restarts on its own and then fails to run normally. Your computer runs more slowly than normal. Applications on your computer don't work correctly. Disks or disk drives are inaccessible. You can't print correctly. You see distorted menus and dialog boxes.

You see unusual error messages.