What is a computer virus

We all are familiar about the computer virus, heard about it time and again in our daily lives.

Though we heard about it do we really know what havoc it can create to our computers?  Well it is nothing but a computer program which replicates itself and attaches the copy to other programs in the computer. It causes damage in such a way that it corrupts the data in your computer and is carried forward as an attachment through email and spread the virus to other email addresses in our address book.

These virus spread through email attachments consisting of funny images, videos, etc. Virus can be infected through other sources like online downloads, visiting infected websites, connecting an infected drive, installing unprotected software etc.,

How do we determine that the computer is infected with virus?

-          When the computer runs very slow

-          Your contacts in your address book receives emails which you have not sent

-          Sudden pop ups of various web pages

-           Frequent computer crash

What can be done to protect our computer from these viruses?

-          Make sure to install antivirus and keep it up to date

-          Download software only from trusted sources

-          Keep the computer’s operating system up to date

Always take every care to protect the computer from the potential unknown virus.