There is the chances of infecting one consumer out of three consumers and three in 10 businesses by the unexpected malwares. A study has said, “consumers will spend USD 22 billion for checking malware attacks this year while other business…
Some Common Computer Viruses
C (Brain) Virus: C (Brain) virus was created by Pakistani brothers Amjad and Basit Alvi in the year 1985 A.D. at Lahore. Originally, it was created and designed to prevent unauthorized use of software sold by ‘Alvis’ Brain computer shop…
Classification of Computer Viruses
As already mentioned in previous posts of this site, viruses are the major factors which help in the destruction and hacking of data and information which are stored in a computer’s memory. It is important to have a antivirus software…
Types of Computer Viruses
As we already know, computer viruses are such kinds of viruses which replicate themselves and have the capability to destroy the data and information contained in a computer. Nobody can give the exact number of viruses created till today because…
Nature of Viruses
We already know that viruses are one of the amazing organisms which have different interesting, unbelievable and unique traits or characteristics. Characteristics of Viruses Viruses are minute and simplest of all known organisms. They can only be seen with an…
Introduction to Virus
The term ‘virus’ is derived from the Latin language meaning poison. Green (1935 A.D.) says, viruses are the smallest units showing the reproductive property considered typical of life. The most accepted definition is the one which was proposed by Bawden…