Viruses: Viruses can steal your personal information, use your computer as a zombie, and do other nasty things to you.
Phishing: Phishing is a way to steal your personal information by leading you on.
It can give your computer spam
how do viruses effect your computer
Biological viruses are pathogens that can affect either humans or animals. Computer Viruses are manmade computer coding as a program intended to disrupt the normal use of a computer and networking.
Common threats to computers nowadays include: * Malware (Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses) * Hackers * Spam * Phishing
Yes but not if you have antivirus software
viruses
There are no wild computer viruses that affect Linux. Oh wait, there was RST.b. If you need to, you can run certain windows viruses under Linux with wine.
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.
some big viruses make you computer slow, but the whole point of a virus is to go as unnoticed as possible. Hope this helped with your question!! -mike
A computer virus is a programme, or piece of code, that is written to interfere with, and harm, your machine. A virus can replicate itself, spread to other computers, and attack other programmes on your computer. (By attack, we mean change or delete files.) Computer viruses affect computer the same way human viruses affect us there the name has come from the anology.
Computer viruses are not built the same way iPod, iPhone, or iPad apps are built. They will not run, and probably will not for a very, very long time.
The consequences of phishing can be severe for both individuals and organizations: Data theft – Attackers can steal sensitive information like login credentials, financial details, or personal data. Financial loss – Victims may face unauthorized transactions, business email compromise (BEC) scams, or direct theft. Malware infections – Clicking malicious links can install ransomware, spyware, or other harmful software. Reputation damage – Businesses may lose customer trust and face long-term brand harm. Legal and regulatory penalties – Organizations may face heavy fines for data breaches caused by phishing, especially under GDPR, HIPAA, or other compliance frameworks. Operational disruption – Ransomware or credential compromise can halt business operations. How to prevent phishing: Enable email filtering and anti-phishing tools. Deploy Secure Web Gateway solutions like Veltar to block malicious URLs and phishing domains in real time. Implement Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to limit damage from stolen credentials. Use Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) and regular software updates. Run security awareness training to help employees spot phishing attempts.