Virus Information
What is Virus?
Virus is a software program that interferes with the normal
operation of your computer. It can corrupt data files and command files on your
computer.
a) Blow up files on a computer or fill in unnecessary text and
increase its size.
b) Viruses can corrupt Software Program and Applications on your
computer and your computer is more likely to hang or slow down frequently.
c) Virus can come to your computer from a PEN drive, CD drive, Memory card or Internet.
d) There are two types of viruses
1. Boot virus : -
Boot viruses damage the boot sector, making it impossible to read information
on your disk.
2. Files Virus : -
Files Virus corrupts files with COM or EXE extensions.
How to protect your computer from viruses?
You need to have an Anti-virus program installed on your
computer to protect your computer from viruses. An anti-virus program scans all
the files on your computer, detects the virus and deletes it.
Anti-virus Software: -
Quick Heal, Net Protector, Norton Anti-virus