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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
Where do you get a viruses from on your computers?
You can get them in web pages, for example cookie viruses.
Does Hamichi give you a virus?
Do you mean Hamachi? It's a tool to share network between friends, most commonly used for lan games like Warcraft3, Cs etc. It doesn't give you virus if you download it from the right page.
https://secure.logmein.com/US/products/hamachi2/ download it from there and it will work fine.
//William
Are the tasaday real or a hoax?
The Tasaday, the Lost Tribe of Mindanao were, let us face facts, a Hoax perpetrated by the Marcos government. a number of prominent people, such as a famous Movie actress and noted pioneer Airman, were taken in by the hoax as was the magazine National Geographic. (The Geographic, being aloof from letter columns for DECADES) more than occasionally fictionalized articles, altered facts, dates and so on - and the somewhat captive audience fell for it. The Tasaday were a serious hoax mounted in part, a major part by the Philipine Government of Marcos.
What does a Trojan horse look like?
The Trojan Horse was a gigantic wooden horse with a hole in its stomach so Greek soldiers could get out to concer Troy.
Quarantining with regard to computer protection is defined as?
Placing a found virus in a secure area on the hard drive
Name 4 symptoms ways to tell that your computer is possibly infected?
-the computer slows down to open or execute programmes ,
- it opens multiple windows even if you desire to open one,
-it shuts down or restarts automatically.
-it send warning messages of computer crash down to the user. and many more others
If you download a ZIP file can it contain a virus?
Absolutely.
Be careful in what you download and always scan downloaded files with an anti-virus to lessen your risk of infection. Most anti-virus programs support scanning ZIP archives.
Why mack computers never get virouses?
Mac computers are designed with less security flaws, so there is less to exploit. Also pcs are more for business meaning that there is a higher market and a higher gain for putting a virus on pcs.
If a network computer was attacked and infected, is it necessary to do a total software reinstallation?
How do you remove malware with Kaspersky 2010?
If its just like Kaspersky PURE i can help.
When a virus is found on the computer a popup will apper near the bottom of the screen. It will say "BEHAVIOUR SIMILIAR TO HEUR TROJAN.WIN32.GENERIC" or any virus that is found. OR "REFUSED ENTRY TO TROJAN.AGENT2.CSYE" Once the pop up has appeared close all application the open kaspersky. Click "COMPUTER PROTECTION" then click report NEAR THE TOP RIGHT. it should come up with a report.
MALICIOUS OBJECTS
:VIRUS 1
:TROJANS 7
:MALICIOUS TOOLS 0
:PHISHING URL 0
It should have a graph next to it.
(The numbers are what my kaspersky says)
If the virus/trojan count has not went up it has not been taken care of.
Click DETECTED THREATS
It should now have a list of viruses found/neutrolised
For eg mine says:
Status: Deleted (events:2)
Date TIME STATUS DETECTED OBJECT
5/10 5:46 Deleted Trojan Backdoor.Win32.VB.huo Pe_Patch.EPProt
5/10 5:46 Deleted Trojan Backdoor.Win32.VB.huo HN.EXE
Status: Suspicious (events:5)
IM NOT TYPING ALL THESE!
Status: Infected Webpage (events:1)
Infected With: Webpage/object
Trojan Program Trojan.Win32.Agent2.csye http://cheat-(BLOCKED).com/
If it is not here check quarintine.
DO NOT CLICK THE BLUE QUARINTINE BUTTON
Go back to the main kaspersky menu then click computer protection.
Then click the QUARINTINE BUTTON
If its not there then click the Blue Quarintine Butoon then find the file you wish to quarintine.
SOURCE:Personal Experience
What you hope to gain from studing access to high edgucation in computing?
More knowledge. If you know more you can do more. For example i like web designing. Its the easiest way of expressing your colorful ideas to millions of people with very small lines of codes which are basically like symbols.
Like "Yo dude wassup...... Nothin much" can convey a lot of information among the 2 persons the web development languages can convey a huge set of instruction to the browsers with little words.
Furthermore is it not interesting to learn about the substance you use everyday. The way it works. To master its function and discover newer ones yourself. Then going on to develop our very own magical machine that not only saves time but enhances our lifestyle.
By which programming langause a Trojan is made?
You can make a trojan in any language. Most commonly used is Visual basic, C# and C++
How do you get rid of Email-Worm.VBS.Peach Virus?
You can get a USB anti-virus program using another computer then you can plug it into your computer with the virus and then perform a scan and it should be completed by removing or to quarantine the virus and your computer should not have the virus anymore.
Will rig of rods give you a virus?
the game is fun but it madders want type of number you get. the game runs on a com-pony so it will not give you a virus.
note: to not get a virus go to the correct site www.rigofrods.com and download their
Can you get malware from streaming videos?
No, as long as the website doesn't prompt you to download something or add an extension to your browser.
