How do you give your computer a virus?

Answer 1

Well let's get a few things straight a worm and a virus are not the same. The phrase virus is a term that is commonly misused. A virus is malicious code that has the ability to replicate and send itself to another computer through a host or the computer that is already infected. A worm however behaves similar to a virus but it has the ability to copy itself from computer to computer without any human interaction. Worms unlike viruses have the ability to infect one computer and then find and infect other computers connected to the host via a network. As such you can become infected by a computer worm if another computer that has access to yours becomes infected. Worms are dangerous because it only takes one computer to set off the chain. That means a profitalble company that probably as atleast a hundred computers has a greater chance of being comprised by a worm than a virus. Worms are usually the first malware out. For they find and open holes for other malware such as trojans, spyware and adware to operate without detection. To keep your network safe configure your network to either restrict access of a computer to another computer or make it so in order for on computer to access your information it needs the go ahead from you. People don't realize that their actions can affect many other people.

Answer 2

( You can get a virus on a computer from almost anything)

• Through malicious e-mails
• Attack sites (most often adult sites that contract these Computer Viruses)
• Hackers can hack into your computer and plant a viruses within your computer from a remote distance.
• They can be transferred to a computer by a CD that has the actual virus on it if it is inserted in the computer.
• They can be transferred to a usb drive and you would just have put that usb drive in your usb slot and a virus could be loaded on your computer.

The most common source that you will often get viruses from are websites that have a malicious virus implanted within the code of the site to hide its identity from unexpecting visitors who get the virus by visting the site, and dont even know they have those viruses.

Answer 3

browsing suspicious sites (such as torrents, pornograhy, and downloads), downloading unsafe files from the internet, and leaving your anit-virus disabled or not having any anti-virus. There are many free anti-viruses out there, such as Microsoft Security Essentials and Mcafee.

Answer 4

Downloading unsafe files, mainly .exe Files

Going to Unsafe Sites

Leaving ports open for hackers to get into and remotely download Viruses

Answer 5

you get a virus in your comuter by not being good .

Answer 6

Unpatched software, Social media, Online Ads, Downloading software from malicious sites, Opening attachments or links from unknown or spoofed emails.