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Computer Viruses are developed with the help of different codes, strings and scripts. They are developed to destroy something or to hack or steal some data.
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What do viruses actually do?
viruses are speically coded to destory your are OS and the computer and stop you from using your computer anymore.
How are Biological Viruses and Computer viruses alike?
Computer viruses can infect a file much like a Biological virus can infect a cell, they then spread from file to file or cell to cell.
Why do people call viruses living when they are not?
Computer viruses can mimic the self replicating abilities of a virus. Hence they were nicknamed this.
How are computer viruses similar to and different from biological viruses?
Both types:are spread by contact with a contaminated sourcecan be blocked with defensescan be modified and weaponisedcan go away after a time if certain measures are takencan kill whatever they infectcan change over timecan be costlyDifferences:computer viruses only work in a computer hostbiological viruses only work in a biological hostbiological viruses can spontaneously mutatecomputer viruses are createdbiological viruses are far more complex
Why virus is called virus?
Viruses are called viruses because, like real-world viruses (e.g., influenza and so on), they 'infect' a computer and often spread throughout it by making copies of themselves and making their code part of other programs. Viruses don't usually spread from computer to computer on their own, instead relying on users to pass on infected files or copies of the virus to other users, such as by email.
What type of program is a backdoor?
They are computer viruses that let hackers and other viruses in to your computer undetected. They are computer viruses that let hackers and other viruses in to your computer undetected.
Why should you scan files when passed from one computer to another?
To avoid Computer Viruses to protect one computer to another computer.
How do you get viruses out of computer?
by anti-viruses
Can yahoocom give your computer viruses?
No Yahoo.com does not give your Computer viruses
How are real viruses unlike computer viruses?
a computer virues afects your computer and a virues afects you
What are the 3 types viruses?
Computer viruses, Macro Viruses, and Directory Viruses
