COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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overwrite your files and corrupt your data
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steal important information from your computer
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use a lot of memory and slow down your computer
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -What does a computer virus do? Some computer viruses are programmed to harm your computer by damaging programs, deleting files, or reformatting the hard drive. Others simply replicate themselves or flood a network with traffic, making it impossible to perform any internet activity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: A computer virus is a malicious code which self-replicates by copying itself to other programs. The computer virus gets spread by itself into other executable code or documents.
Detailed explanation-3: -Definition: A computer virus is a malicious software program loaded onto a user’s computer without the user’s knowledge and performs malicious actions.
Detailed explanation-4: -Boot Sector Virus. Your computer drive has a sector solely responsible for pointing to the operating system so that it can boot into the interface. Web Scripting Virus. Browser Hijacker. Resident Virus.