What should i need to know about computer viruses

It is seen that computer virus for the common people means it is like a computer disease by which system is infected.

Actually there is some kind of confusion among people that they don’t understand what computer virus means is exactly. This was more or less going on till 1995, but after that many other threats started to built up using a cover of term like Virus which is misleading and not correct. Actually Virus is great grand father like of all malicious soft ware or you can say malware.

Old school viruses

When at the time as computer was introduced, Virus was counted as simple-mindedly a dangerous disease of computers. The nature of Virus was to enter the computer and   destroy some data. The simplest manner to enter the system was to get attach themselves to harmless programs.

Worms

As Power of infection, was developed by viruses, a new genes came into figure named Worms. This wonderful thing is known as a type of virus that not only infects the host machine but also resembles itself over the network. If in use this well-written worm can create an explosion around the world in a number of days. It is estimated that coercion from some known worms has targeted nearly about billions of dollars.

Trojan horses

Often it is seen that free gifts are more appreciated by people. It is also in computer world where you get some free stuffs. We find many programs, multimedia or other items on Internet, which are free but  the trouble is that with  free soft ware you get  one or more Viruses already included free of charge. Hence it is termed Trojan horse.

 Are viruses good for my computer?

Of course! It is very helpful, suppose if you want to get rid of all those data which are jolting up your hard drive, a virus is a good solution. Even if you want your computer to crawl then virus can be of good help. If your luck is with you you may even get worm which will not only help to clean up your computer from those unwanted files but it will also send a copy of itself to your all friends that it will find in your Outlook address book. I hope you have understood that if your computer is working honestly too fast and it is not troubling you than a virus can help you. For this you don’t have to take too much of trouble to get virus, simply connect to unprotected computer to the Internet for some hours and let them come.

Tips on how to protect your system from computer viruses 

Actually the truth is viruses are not as hot as they use to be. And not even much money is needed to write them. But that doesn’t mean that you should neglect virus threat. There are few dangerous viruses that roam in Internet. So it is better to keep your hard drive safe and don’t let viruses waste your working time. To save it following is the steps you can do:

It is better to use Anti-virus program and update it regularly. To a surprise it is found that Anti-virus products inflict more harm than actual viruses do. So, before getting an Anti-virus program, make sure to go through professional reviews and users feed back.
 
If you are using Microsoft Outlook be cautious, and also be careful about opening e-mail attachments.
 
Suppose if you download software from the Internet, it is better that you use reputed sources. Also be sure to run Anti-virus program before scanning the installation file.