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Computer Viruses that hide in or disguise themselves as a useful executable program are called Trojans. These types of viruses are very dangerous because they are hard to detect and can gain complete control of your computer when you run them. To avoid this type of virus, be careful where you download software from. Even legitimate programs can be modified to have Trojans hidden in them.

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What is an Application program virus?

An application program virus is a type of malicious software that attaches itself to executable files or programs. When the infected program runs, the virus spreads, potentially damaging data, slowing performance, or compromising system security.


What is A computer program designed to cause damage to computer files?

VIRUS


Is McAfee virus protection a computer hardware?

No, McAfee virus protection is not hardware. Instead, it is a software program. Hardware is the physical parts of a computer, but software is computer code. So an antivirus program is software, not hardware.


What is trap door virus?

A virA virus is a program that can "infect" other programs by modifying them. Modification includes a copy of the virus program, which may infect other programs. Computer virus has similarity with biological virus, a biological virus infects the machinery responsible for the living cell to work and a computer virus carries in its instructional code the recipe for making perfect copies of it. us is a program that can "infect" other programs by modifying them. Modification includes a copy of the virus program, which may infect other programs. Computer virus has similarity with biological virus, a biological virus infects the machinery responsible for the living cell to work and a computer virus carries in its instructional code the recipe for making perfect copies of it.


What is the troygen virus?

the trojan virus is very comman it hides and releases it self when its in your computer and attacks it it gots it name after the trojan horse just imagine it like that but not in a funny way cause they are very annoying but you can get rid of them if you have secruity

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What Virus hides in an executable program or in a word-processing document that contains a macro?

file virus


A virus hides in an executable program or in a word-processing document that contains a macro?

file


What is the phage computer virus?

It is a destructive virus that rewrites itself and is an executable program with its own code. It usually destroys the program it infects.


What is the content of computer virus?

Executable code.


What virus hides in an executable program or in a word processing program that contains a macro?

Any virus can inject itself into a running process and hide out in it without your knowledge. Your AntiVirus might catch onto it, but it can't delete a file that it being used by the system.


What is the executable part of a computer virus know as?

I believe the question you are asking is "What is the part of a computer virus that does damage known as?" since the entire virus is an executable. This part is known as the payload.


What is a Trojan horse virus for your computer?

A virus that hides in a file that, when you run it, infects your computer.


What virus hides inside regular computer files?

worm


Which type of malware hides in the MBR program of a hard drive?

Boot Sector Virus


What type of computer virus is most common?

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.


How computer viruses replicate?

"True" viruses replicate by injecting their code into another executable program. Most likely, the "host" program is a commonly used application such as Microsoft Word so that this guarantees the virus is able to successfully replicate. When the infected program is executed, control diverts to the virus, which the copies and infects another program, and then returns control back to the host program. Long loading times for programs are a common sign of virus infections.


How safe your computer from virus?

Enable firewall Enable anti-virus program on computer