How does a computer virus get on your machine?

Answer 1

It is a program or command that can get in from infected software or e-mails. You can keep these nasty and time consuming devils off of your computer by doing 3 things. Get the free firewall called Zone Alarm, Get the free program Ad-Aware and run it often. Finally get the free program Hijack this. These 3 freebies will keep trash off of your computer.

Answer 2

There are many ways a virus can infect your computer, some of the more common ones include being sent as an attachment to an email, being downloaded off the internet and being transferred by USB memory stick or other removable storage devices.

Answer 3

Viruses can easily be put inside a computer, and just because your computer dose not act slow, or anything you can still have a virus. That's why is important to have virus protection and use it to scan for viruses at least once a week. Viruses can be put into computers by going to websites that usually has a lot of pop-ups in it. People can hack in to social network websites like Myspace, or Facebook (mostly Facebook) and pose as your friends and they tell you to go to a website and have a weird looking link for you to click on it, don't do it, it's a virus link. And when your computer tells you that you have a virus, the virus tricks your computer into making it think it has one and you need to download a type of scan or a virus protection thing DON'T DO IT, it's a virus, just click on "No". That's how the viruses mostly get into people's computer, they trick you into thinking you already have the virus, but you don't until you download it.

Answer 4

It gets in several ways:

Through e-mail. That's the most frequent way, by opening an attachment in a message.

Through Skype and other messaging programs. Principle is the same - opening some file that your friend is sending you, though it's the malware program that uses Skype to send fake messages through your friends account.

Opening a suspiciously looking webpage that asks to install some kind of program (which can be computer worm)

Through torrent programs by downloading any kind of file which is, in fact, a virus or worm infected file.

Those are the most common ways to get to your computer.

Answer 5

when you download a program on your computer that has a viruses

Answer 6

Computer Virus' can enter a System by:

Downloads from the Internet

Emails

File Sharing

Dodgy Servers

Infected USB Flash Drives

Answer 7

send own personal data

Answer 8

in the post :D

Answer 9

throw external devices