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Computer Viruses
Computer viruses are harmful pieces of software which can reproduce themselves and automatically spread to other computers and networks. Questions about computer virus techniques and specific computer viruses belong here.
5,673 Questions
How do you get rid of a redirect virus - 43k?
Download the Windows Live OneCare scanner or antivirus software from Microsoft.com. It is the easiest and quickest way to get it off. I once had the virus and now I can surf internet again =D.
What level Format to remove Trojan?
You do not need to format to remove a Trojan unless it is the last option
You need to run these 4 essential steps to remove all the spyware on your computer.
1. Run Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
2. Run the anti spyware removal programs spybot
3 Run Superantispyware
4. Run a complete scan with free curing utility Dr.Web CureIt!
What is tunneling virus in details?
Tunneling is a virus technique designed to prevent anti-virus applications from working correctly. Anti-virus programs work by intercepting the operating system before it can execute a virus.
Tunneling viruses try to intercept the actions before the anti-virus software can detect the malicious code. New anti-virus programs can recognize many viruses with tunneling behavior.
Capsomeres are the individual proteins that make the capsid - the protective protein coat around a virus's nucleic acid. Some capsomeres can be composed of a single protein or mosaic. Capsomeres/Capsids come in a variety of shapes (helical, polyhedral, enveloped, complex)
What are the two basic components of viruses?
The two basic components of viruses are genetic material (either DNA or RNA) and a protein coat that surrounds and protects the genetic material.
What is the best free malaware guard?
spybot search and destroy seems to be the only one so far I have found that is free. and finds hidden malaware but you have to scan your computer frequently, The software is the best I have found so far.
While the answer below is creative and can somewhat be understood, the simple answer to this question is: No. A computer virus is not alive. It is just a malevolent program that is designed to automatically attack a computer, but it is not alive like viruses that attack a human body.
A living virus?In my opinion;A computer virus acts like a program, but when executed, it does malicious tasks automatically in your computer without you knowing. Since it works inside a computer, it's like it breathes on electricity, and thinks with the Artificial Intelligence given by its creator. Without electricity, the virus doesn't breathe its source of life for it to do its purpose. So you could say it is "virtually" alive or something like that.
Why are viruses infamous and deadly on earth?
HIV is one of them. Some strains of Flu, like Bird Flu and Spanish Flu. And...uhh... I dont know anymore. =S
Will you get virus downloading fusion fall?
No, if you download FusionFall, it will not give you a virus. CartoonNetwork, which made and supports the game, is a large gaming community, and does not have any viruses in any of its downloadable games, such as trojans or spyware. I have been using FusionFall for a couple of years, and I have experienced no viruses.
Sources: Long-time Experience
Does your computer mess up when you play online games?
If your computer has the right system requirements then no.
Sensory storage
Short term memory
Long term memory
A video display (aiso called a video card,display card ,graphic card,graphic board, display adapter or graphics adapter) is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display.Most vidio cards after various function such as accelerater rendering of 3d scenes and 2d graphics ,mpeg.2/mpeg-4 decoding,tv output.
Can you give me a virus code that can destroy computer hardware?
Viruses by nature destroy software, not hardware. But, you could run a "virus" that was an infinite loop, that did not allow for its termination, and that could possible lead to heat issues for the hardware. Possible damaging it.
On msn what does the word MWAH mean?
its an expression, it doesn't really have a meaning It actually is like saying kisses... it is the sound made for a kiss
How many viruses are there in the world?
I guess probably no one can answer this question .. There exists plenty of types of viruses and trust me a lot of viruses exist :)
the Trojan horse means well it does not really have a meaning it is really a huge hollow horse that the Greeks made to apologize to Athena for Odysseus stealing the luck of troy but the Greeks hid inside of it and when the Trojans took it into there city they snuck out of the horse and they set a fire so that means that the city was vandalized and the Greeks won the war.
Will listening to the radio via your computer make the computer to run slow?
Answer: Maybe.
There is a certain amount of work that the computer has to do in order to play radio stations from the internet (assuming that's what youre doing here). Processing the network traffic & decoding the audio signal isn't a particularly heavy task for modern computers, but if you are running an older machine this can have a slowing effect on other applications you're running.
Will downloading the auditionsea create virus to your computer?
Well. to tell you the truth i really don't know. i'm just in middle school, but my older sister ( she is in college) told me that it has a virus, so i think the answer is a big YES
