What Is A Virus? ~ DailyExposition

Computer viruses are probably one of the most misused terms ever. The reason is everyone says I have a virus! Well that is not always the case and it is more likely a Trojan. The difference is a virus is a type of malware and it does not encompass every form of malware on the market. They are also not hard to get rid off, and I will be covering everything that you will need to about viruses.

What Is A Virus

Well a virus is a piece of malware that is made to infect a computer, and it self replicates it's self. The thing with viruses is they are meant to replicate themselves by attaching to a memory item. They will then seek out files in a computer and with their replicants they will then erase the information. So you can say that a virus' main purpose is to destroy and render the computer useless. These are commonly confused with a worm, but the purpose of the worm is to send information and send copies it's self over a network.

A virus can and will hide it self so that the host will not notice that they are infected. However it will eventually slow the computer down because the virus has made so many replicants of itself. Viruses are more of a nuisance rather than a threat because they won't steal information they just destroy.

Symptoms

The easiest way to detect a virus is by a computer slow down if you have not done anything to cause the slow down. You can also detect a virus if random files on your computer no longer exist. There is also the chance of you noticing that you log on and see a blue screen of death. Which will require you to re install windows. So it recommended that you properly protect your computer with an antivirus program.

Prevention

The only real way to prevent malware infection is to use safe websites and downloads. However you should have a proper antivirus and firewall installed on the computer. I have recommendations that I feel will keep your computer safe from malware of any kind. but you need to keep in mind that the best antivirus is you yourself. So please don't do anything stupid or your computer will be infected.

Removal

When it comes to removing malware there is a good chance that you had no antivirus protection or it failed you in the first place. So i will give you a good list of secondary malware scanners that can help you remove those pesky infections. No keep in mind that if one scanners come back with clean you could still be infected. So I recommend that you use 2 of the scanners below so that you can be assured that you are safe.