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Computer Viruses
Viruses
Question | Answer |
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What is computer virus? | A tiny program that finds your way through your computer that does bad things to your computer. |
How does a computer virus spread? | It spreads from email, downloading, attachments, and replecates and makes copies of itself. |
What are some symptoms of having a computer virus? | They have a total system failure, program reacting slowly, and it deletes all of your files. |
What is a worm? | Looks for security holes in a network. |
What is a network | Groups of computers that are connected. |
What is a Trojan Horse? | Destructive piece on your computer but acts its a good computer virus. |
Where do computer viruses and worms come from? | People sending attachments that you don't know from sending it to you and people make them with too much time on there hands. |
How can you protect your computer against viruses? | Don't open emails or attachments that you don't know, or downloading and make sure that you update you're software every so often. |