Virus Removal and Protection

It seems that along with the invention of the Internet, the perliferation of malicious software, that can self install, spread and infiltrate computers like wild fire. So many users do not realise just how vunerable there computers are. Even the best protected computers, can be attacked simply because the users anti virus software was not updated, or a critical Window update was not applied.

Viruses, can damage your data, steal bank information, turn your computer into a host machine where a hacker could use your desktop pc to attack another system, even though, your computer appears to function correctly. What is a Virus? A virus is a manmade program or piece of code that causes an unexpected, usually negative, event. Viruses are often disguised games or images with clever marketing titles such as "Me, nude."

What is a Worm? Computer Worms are viruses that reside in the active memory of a computer and duplicate themselves. They may send copies of themselves to other computers, such as through email or Internet Relay Chat (IRC). What is a Trojan Horse? A Trojan horse program is a malicious program that pretends to be a benign application; a Trojan horse program purposefully does something the user does not expect. Trojans are not viruses since they do not replicate, but Trojan horse programs can be just as destructive.

Many people use the term to refer only to non-replicating malicious programs, thus making a distinction between Trojans and viruses.

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