COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS
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So it can infect as many computers as possible
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So it can alert your friends that you’ve got a virus
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so it can never be detected by anti-virus software
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so it can mutate into new viruses
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Detailed explanation-1: -The virus has the ability to replicate itself so it can quickly spread from one device to another. Thus, an email virus can not only infect the victim’s computer, but it can also infect the computers of everyone in the victim’s address book or those sharing the same network.
Detailed explanation-2: -Most viruses, Trojan horses, and worms are activated when you open an attachment or click a link contained in an email message. If your email client allows scripting, then it is possible to get a virus by simply opening a message. It’s best to limit what HTML is available in your email messages.
Detailed explanation-3: -An email virus comprises of malicious code that is distributed in email messages, and this code can be activated when a user opens an email attachment, clicks on a link in an email message, or interacts in a totally different way with the infected email message.
Detailed explanation-4: -Most viruses, Trojan horses, and worms are activated when you open an attachment or click a link contained in an email message, inshort just opening an email is safe. Viruses are commonly delivered in phishing, spam or malware emails. Emails are essentially text or HTML documents (web pages).
Detailed explanation-5: -A computer virus is a program designed to spread itself by first infecting files or hard drives and then making copies of itself. Viruses spread by infecting other programs, either on the same computer or on other computers connected to it over a network.