This week we are going to discuss the most famous common threat to information
security Computer Virus.
Computer Virus: It's just like a human flu virus which affects the human body where
computer virus is a malicious code or malicious software that affects the data of your
computer either by deleting or corrupting or stealing the personal information from your
system.
How does it affect your system? Computer Virus might come while viewing the
unsecured websites or click on the malicious link that comes through an email,
downloading the file that comes from suspicious phishing emails.
How to prevent it? By installing the antivirus software in the system and regular
periodic scanning and having updates up to dates on the antivirus. Avoid opening
suspicious or spam emails. Avoid downloading the attachment or clicking the link on
the phishing emails.
Common types of Virus:
Browser Hijacker: Its common kind of virus where when you click on anywhere
in the home page of the website, it will take you the different site for the advertisement
without your knowledge.
Web Scripting Virus: Its common virus in video streaming sites like youtube and
social networking sites facebook where hackers would leave a comment with a link below
the video where on the click it will try to extort the personal information from your computer.
Resident virus: Resident virus are the problematic one where it resides in the memory of
the system even after deletion by antivirus. So, it will load whenever we restart our system,
it boots and loads the virus back into the system.
File infector: File inspector virus loads or save as .exe in the system where it confuses
the user to look like exe file, but on click or execution, it will create harm or hinders the
performance of the computer.
References:
Margaret Rouse(2016, December). virus (computer virus). Retrieved from
Admin(2016, April 14). 9 Types Of Computer Viruses That You Should Know About
– And How To Avoid Them. Retrieved from
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