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Only if you download the file the virus is in. So viewing pictures in gmail is not a threat downloading attatchments is
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What are the effect of Melissa virus?
The Melissa virus is a mass-mailing macro virus. It can effect email that is sent and infect the computer when the email is opened.
Does logging onto email infect your computer with a virus?
Logging int your email should not cause your computer to get a virus. When you do log into your email always watch on the links that you open some can have virus.
How can you infect computer with virus?
Visit the distrustful website or open the unknown email.
Can your computer become infected with a virus email?
yes .why not it will infect the computers memory too.
How do you give a computer a virus?
opening an email attachment downloading stuff from the internet
How do stealth virus infect the computer?
The infect your computer by being undetected by your anti virus and posing as a harmless file.
What are the risks of receiving or opening email attachments?
more than likey there is a virus attached and you can possibly infect your computer
How you can protect yourself from email virus?
There are multiple ways to protect yourself from email viruses. The first and most simple way is to not click on email attachments from unknown senders. These are most likely a virus that will infect your computer. Secondly, if your antivirus has the capability, set it to where it will automatically scan email attachments. Beware of worms though, these things will infect your friends' computers and then send you an email making it look like it came from them when it is really a virus.
How to solve if a computer infect by computer virus?
Get yourself a good antivirus.
What is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer?
Virus and worms.
What causes virus?
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user.
What is the function of a virus?
Viruses are malicious software (malware) in which their sole purpose is to replicate and infect non-infected computers. Their are many mediums to which a virus can infect a computer, most commonly through the internet and email attachments. When viruses infect a computer, it attaches itself to a "host" file (hence the name virus because it acts like a real world virus). Next, it injects its code into the host file so that whenever that infected file is run, the virus executes first and then the actual file starts. The "payload" is the official term to the effects a computer virus has on a PC.
