Viruses, Spyware, And Adware

No one wants a computer virus, they are annoying and harmful. They can erase your hard drive; erase important programs and data from your computer. It can cause pop ups that drive you crazy and they can cause your computer to just crawl. Computer thieves can steal your personal information as well as your identity. Malicious malware is just plain aggravating to say the least. If you do...

File Sharing Viruses

Anyone can use free p2p software and people are free to share with each other whatever they prefer, including viruses. There is no authorities monitoring these sites and you can download until your heart is content but you are doing so at your own risk. The good news is that common media files are safe; they can not execute scripts or code on your computer. The bad news is that...

Viruses Types And Examples

A virus acts on a computer just like it acts on the human body. When the human body gets a virus it is usually treated by a doctor and when the computer gets a virus, it too has to be treated. Again, comparing a computer to the human body, there are various types of viruses that can attack and each one has to be treated differently. There are many types of viruses and depending on what...

Ways That Anti Virus Programs Are Coping...

Antivirus software companies are stumped as they are now left to have no other choice but to rebuild their product base. The virus writers are racing ahead which is causing anti virus companies to be left in a compromising position. Referring to Kakworm and Bubble boy, which are small scripts, which live in the body of an email message. These are not in an included attachment; they are...

Virus Hoaxes

Not that all of the commotion about computer viruses is not complicating enough but when hoaxes get thrown into the mix it just raises the confusion level even higher. Virus hoaxes are aggravating, time consuming, and can be costly as well. You are being fed a variety of information mixed with misinformation and are clueless as to what to believe. It is quite common to address every...