What causes a file virus?

Anonymous

∙ 14y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

If the file has been downloaded from a virus affected source. Naturally, when we all download stuff from the internet, unknowingly, we can actually download viruses that piggy back on to files and this is how viruses can be encountered.

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∙ 14y ago

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What is the difference between a virus and an infection?

A virus causes an infection. It is the actual file that causes the infection. An infection itself is the action or state of the computer's security being compromised by a virus or other malware.

How is the virus get in your PC?

when you download a file that has a virus

Which virus causes poliomyelitis?

Polio virus causes poliomyelitis.

A multipartite virus is a combination of a boot sector virus and a file virus and can hide in either?

A multipartite virus is a combination of a boot sector virus and a file virus. It can hide in either type of program.

What virus causes shingles?

It's the same virus that causes chicken pox - the herpes virus.

The virus that causes aids is?

The HIV virus causes AIDS. HIV stand for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

What are the steps to make a virus signature file?

drop and drag a made virus into the file and then e-mail it

What is the virus that causes rabies belongs to which family?

Rabies belongs to the Rhabdovirus family. The virus that causes rabies is the lyssa virus.

What are the characterisics of a virus?

(1) file virus (2) boot sector virus

What kinds of virus that make it go to end of file when open a file and can't not close the file?

i m like bassie for how to make virus

What is the the virus that causes AIDS?

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes AIDS.

Any virus infect hard disk store iso file?

ISO file cannot be infected by virus

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