You might have heard of many Cyber attacks , online Frauds black hat hacking etc , In this globe filled with technology we come across many things and one of them is a “COMPUTER VIRUS” and you might be shocked to know that these viruses generally used by all the black hat hackers to hack someone’s device .
So you you now that computer viruses are dangerous but do you know how much of a computer virus if enters in your computer/mobile can format your phone, send messages to others, make phone calls or even use it as a medium for various kinds of illegal activities and do much more.
A computer virus is a malicious software program loaded onto a user’s computer without the user’s knowledge and performs malicious actions. … It can self replicate, insert itself onto other programs or files infecting them in the process. In simple words it is a computer program that is programmed in such a way which causes destruction of data and much more.
So till now you have seen that viruses only cause destruction and there would be some questions which you might be thinking of like how can we prevent our computer from getting infected and what are the preventive measures that we can take to avoid these viruses.
For avoiding a computer virus the best way is to use an antivirus, it acts as a guard for your device so no virus can enter your device and infect it .
There some preventive measures which you should take to avoid a computer virus infecting your device 1. Keep Java, Adobe Flash and Acrobat Reader updated at all times, or uninstall them if you do not use them 2. Always be cautious with the programs you install or run 3. Always Keep your Windows OS Updated 4. Use an effective antivirus and keep it updated at all times
At times, we need to scan a particular pen drive, URL, files etc and your antivirus does not support it so to stay protected you can use a website called virus total which scans your files for free and using multiple antiviruses it clears your device from any virus that may have been present in that file “HOPE THIS HELPED YOU”
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