Any executable program that is capable for infecting your system and do have capacity to spread throughout the system through replication is named as virus.
These programs are designed to damage, even worse destroy whole of the computer system
This software is coded so as to spread throughout the system.
Usually every sort of virus has two prospects – a finder and a replication place.
The finder searches out for new infected file while the place for replication is a site where virus spreads out the infection.
- it corrupts files and folders
- it slower down the speed of the computer
- Frequent system halt.
- Deleting various files and applications
A virus is software which enters and infects it through multiple sources, some of which are:
- Infected CDs and DVDs.
- Emails
- Infected sites
- File downloading from internet
Removing virus from computer is simple but requires few steps to follow through.
The basic steps are:
- Buying and downloading antivirus software.
- Install the antivirus software
- Updating the software
- Complete scan for your system
Step 1: install an anti virus program in your system
Step 2: scan your systems for identifying and locating virus
Step 3: troubleshooting the area of infection
Step 4: performing a full system scan
What if antivirus software fails?
Sometime sit happens that we fail healing through the antivirus software then what?
Simply:
- take a back up for complete data
- Format the infected partition.
- Reinstall the system, incase whole of it is affected.
- Install antivirus software
- Restore the backup.
