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Other than taking up space on one's computer, an unopened/unexecuted virus will not affect the computer one way or the other, except that the virus may continue to be recognized by anti-virus or similar software (assuming the computer has such a program and it is active and up-to-date), until the virus is removed or "stored" in a "safe" area on the disk, usually in an area on the computer's storage device where the anti-virus program places it (usually under direction from the user) to avoid repeated (i.e., unnecessary) detection. *New User* However remotely connecting to a computer can let the hacker run the program then leave.
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How does a transient virus affect your computer?
how do viruses effect your computer
What term best describe viruses?
Biological viruses are pathogens that can affect either humans or animals. Computer Viruses are manmade computer coding as a program intended to disrupt the normal use of a computer and networking.
Can computer viruses affect macros?
Yes but not if you have antivirus software
What are the common factors that affect or destroy the personal computer?
viruses
What computer viruses infect Linux?
There are no wild computer viruses that affect Linux. Oh wait, there was RST.b. If you need to, you can run certain windows viruses under Linux with wine.
How does a computer virus affect your desktop computer?
There are hunderds of ways it will make your desktop differ. For example: - Computer Viruses could disable all programs you have. - Computer Viruses could turn off your Anti-Virus. - Computer Viruses could block Internet from you.
How do computer viruses affect your computer?
some big viruses make you computer slow, but the whole point of a virus is to go as unnoticed as possible. Hope this helped with your question!! -mike
How did computer viruses get their name?
A computer virus is a programme, or piece of code, that is written to interfere with, and harm, your machine. A virus can replicate itself, spread to other computers, and attack other programmes on your computer. (By attack, we mean change or delete files.) Computer viruses affect computer the same way human viruses affect us there the name has come from the anology.
Do computer viruses affect iPad?
Computer viruses are not built the same way iPod, iPhone, or iPad apps are built. They will not run, and probably will not for a very, very long time.
How can computer viruses affect your business?
If your work computer gets a virus it can crash and once crashed you can't work anymore.
Which area of the computer is impervious to computer viruses?
Computer viruses only affect the memory of your computer. Say you get a virus and your computer will not let you open programs. You would need to get a new hard drive or wipe all data from the hard drive, and then reinstall programs.
Name any three computer viruses?
Three computer viruses are ping-pong, acid and 1260. Ping-pong is considered as a harmless virus. It does not affect most computers in a negative way.
