The I love you, Blaster worm and rouge anti-spyware sites are good examples.
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You will have to buy some Anti Virus software on a Disk like McAfee for example. You can then scan your whole computer and remove the virus.
The Macro virus is the most common type of computer virus. The ILOVEYOU virus is one example of this type of virus which hides in a document or spreadsheet.
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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.
Every computer could have a virus but if you use your computer carefully it can be impossible for the virus to come to your computer.
Several thing can be done by a Virus, depending on the type of virus. It can steal information, document's etc. It can Delete Files. It can Use your computer to infect others ( thought Messenger, or leaks in windows) It can use your computer to attack website. (by using all infected computer to for example load difficult things on the website. That's most of it...
Scanning virus only help to find the virus inside your computer disks, but do no other actions, virus is still in your computer. But Removing virus not only find it, but also remove the virus from your computer. Thus no such virus will remain in your computer after that.
Virus-L and computer virus are discussions forums which focus on computer virus issues
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As with a biological virus, a computer virus could be serious or not so serious. It depends on what the virus is designed to do, what kind of anti-virus protection and virus vulnerabilities you have, and whether you have important information on your computer.