Types of computer virus and their reaction?

Answer 1

There are several different types of Computer Viruses, but a few include boot sector viruses, mass mailer viruses and file deleting viruses. Boot sector viruses affect the Master Boot Record in the first sector of the computer's hard drive. Mass mailer viruses replicate by emailing themselves to any email stored in an email program's contact list, and file deleting viruses delete critical system files.

Answer 2

Keyloggers- Log your keystroke, and distribute your information over the internet to a third party.

Worms- Usually for a network that infest one computer by "digging" into it

Trojan horse- Looks like something good like a game but when you download it it does unmwanted actions

Bruteforcers- Act like a battering ram trying to force their way on to your PC.

Timebombs- Get on your PC and wait silently until a certain time and then activate

virus- an unwanted file that replicates its self

spam- Just cause a ton of stuff to appear normally.

Destructive- Just destroy's stuff no other purpose really

bot nets- Take hold of your computer and controll it.