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Which is easier to cure viruses or bacteria?

Bacteria are generally easier to cure compared to viruses because antibiotics can effectively target bacterial infections. Viruses, on the other hand, are harder to target with medication because they rely on host cells to replicate. Antiviral medications are available but may have limited effectiveness.


Why do viruses make us sick?

Viruses make us sick by invading our bodies and hijacking our cells to replicate themselves. This process can damage our cells and tissues, leading to symptoms of illness as our immune system responds to the infection.


Why aren't viruses classified into a kingdom?

Viruses are not classified into a kingdom because they lack the characteristics of living organisms such as the ability to replicate on their own and carry out metabolic processes. They are considered acellular entities that depend on host cells to reproduce.


How are computer viruses similar to and different from biological viruses?

Both types:are spread by contact with a contaminated sourcecan be blocked with defensescan be modified and weaponisedcan go away after a time if certain measures are takencan kill whatever they infectcan change over timecan be costlyDifferences:computer viruses only work in a computer hostbiological viruses only work in a biological hostbiological viruses can spontaneously mutatecomputer viruses are createdbiological viruses are far more complex


How did computer virus originate?

There are different types of viruses. Some of the prominent ones are Trojan horses , worms, and email viruses. The Trojan horses are computer programs which pretend to do one thing but actually do damage when they start it. The worms viruses are pieces of software that use computer networks and security flaws to create copies of itself. A cop y of the worm will then scan the network for any other machine that has a specific security flaw, and then replicate itself to the new machine. With regards to email viruses, these use email messages, and usually will copy and automatically mail itself to hundreds of people. There are two generalities of viruses, including resident and nonresident viruses. Resident viruses are those viruses that contain a specific replication module which is alarmingly similar to t hose employed by nonresident viruses. A resident virus is one that stays in memory after it executes, and even after its host program is executed. Resident viruses are often subdivided into categories like fast infectors, and slow infectors. Fast infectors are those particular viruses which are designed to affect as many files as possible and slow infectors are designed to infect hosts infrequently. For instance some slow infectors will only infect files when they are copied. Nonresident viruses on the other hand are those viru ses which consist of a finder module and a replication module. The finder module is responsible for finding new files to infect, while the replication module is the component that actually infects the found files

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Viruses living or non living?

There actually living


Does blackra1n have viruses or bugs?

No it is safe, I have it and it actually makes my PC faster


Do viruses multiply by conjugation?

No they actually multiply by taking over a cell's functions.


Who has a virus Roblox or Facebook?

No, Neither Roblox of Facebook have viruses. People on Facebook do sometimes post links to viruses, and there are scams that exist on Facebook, but there are no viruses on Facebook itself. Roblox does not have viruses either. It does have virus scripts within the game, but those cannot actually harm your computer.


Why do people create virus?

Not sure if you mean to question the virus in biology or in computer software, however I shall answer both questions. In biology viruses are actually used to combat new diseases and create cures. The can actually be used also for technology where a virus was actually used in a battery for-to power a device similar to a computer. In computer software, sometimes people create viruses as almost a hobby. They are they hackers, the thieves, or whatever you want to call them, of the CyberWorld. Viruses can be used to steal information and identities. Viruses have actually been used also to download illegally. The unknown side of viruses is that a good portion of them are actually created accidently. These are most common as boot-sector viruses. However, then can entail other forms as well. Usually they pop up when there are compatibility issues and the computer crashes. - So to answer, sometimes people create viruses for illegal purposes or sometimes they are created by accident.


Why can't antibiotics be used against viruses?

Because viruses are not bacteria. Antibiotics only work on bacteria. (Viruses are not actually alive . . . they enter a bacterium and take control of its function.)


Where would viruses most likely grow?

Viruses can only live in living organisms (viruses themselves are not actually living). They might infect cells in our body, such as throat cells (infection of throat cells causes sore throat).


How the defensive viruses grow?

Defensive or drug resistant viruses grow by mutation. Viruses are exposed to many cellular factors during the replication of viruses, some of the factors can do actually mutate the viral genomes. Viruses take advantage of these factors to form as a genetically modified (new) virus that may not be cured by a particular drug since the virus has evolved to escape from the effect caused by the drug!


Does a virus actually get into the DNA of a cell?

Viruses combine their genetic material with that of the host cell they have invaded. See the related question below about how viruses reproduce for more information and many related questions.


How The Name viruses in computers?

Similar to biological viruses, they have the capacity to reproduce. Also, they infect files - becoming part of the file. This is similar to biological viruses, invading the cell.Note that in popular usage, the term "viruses" is used for many types of malware (malicious programs); but a computer virus is actually only a very specific type of malware.


Which is easier to cure viruses or bacteria?

Bacteria are generally easier to cure compared to viruses because antibiotics can effectively target bacterial infections. Viruses, on the other hand, are harder to target with medication because they rely on host cells to replicate. Antiviral medications are available but may have limited effectiveness.


Does influenza cause microbes?

No, it is the other way around, the microbes cause the influenza. The flu is caused by viruses. Viruses are examples of pathogens/microbes* just as bacteria are. *Some microbiologists do not consider viruses "microbes" since they are not actually living organisms and since they are sub-microscopic particles.