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Virus in Computer Via Internet

What is computer virus?

A computer virus is nothing more than a

computer program which is capable of

making a copy of itself and spreading by

moving from one computer to another .

e.g. Boot, Macro, Program

virus etc.

How Computer Gets a Virus?

•Internet(e-mail , Downloads etc.)•Removable Media i.e Flash, Floppy etc.•Network Shared Resources.

Virus Via InternetMost common way of getting virus in computer is internet:•Opening e-mail attachments.•Internet Downloads.•A virus can also be attached to some software.•Opening untrusted websites.

Opening e-mail attachments.

•E-mail addresses can be faked .•“Spot offer”, “Lottery money”, “ Free loan” .•Can effect Hard drive and the entire system.

Internet Downloads• Any material downloaded from the Internet.•Whether they are programs, documents, music files, video files and compressed files etc

Pirated SoftwarePirated software is software which has been duplicated and distributed without authorization.

Untrusted Websites•Which damage computer and data.