Here’s What No One Tells You About Computer Virus.

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2 min readSep 9, 2021

What Is A Computer Virus?

Computer programs are written in codes in some languages. So computer viruses are kind of an altered kind of code also known as Malicious code which Affects the procedure or how a system works. For example, let’s consider the human virus example how a virus affects the functioning of the human body causing abnormalities and sometimes causing death also. Death in a computer means the loss of control of the system or the state where the system cannot be recovered from the virus. There can be different types of viruses based upon the way they work or the part or sector they affect the most. Let’s see some of the Virus Types.

The worm is not a computer virus But it’s like a different code that can cause a virus. A worm is a special kind of code that can make copies of itself into multiple forms. Even if the root data is deleted it can still replicate. Worms are silent and don’t make much interference in the working of the system up to certain until they take over the system But it affects the host from inside unknowingly.

Spyware is more like software than viruses which can be installed on ur system with or without your permission and collects information about the system. Spyware can be really dangerous if it is one confidential system or host where the information about so many employees or other details are stored for example if spyware is monitoring activity on your system and if you are doing some online transaction with your credit or debit. It might capture all the card information, Bank details, and even password and CVV.

Trojan Horses:

This virus has got this name becomes in olden time when someone wants to attack secretly why used to send wooden horses in which some soldiers are hiding, They come out of the horse and attack the king or someone at the right moment. So a Trojan horse is a computer virus that comes along with some other software, we might think this is legitimate software but sometimes there are also some additional files downloaded with it which we don’t see. They are good at hiding themselves in files which doesn’t seem harmful and trick you to download them they are also hard to detect unless after careful observation.

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Originally published at https://mayhemcode.blogspot.com on September 9, 2021.

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