| In this modern Information Age, computers are | | | | disguised to be innocent, but actually act as spies, |
| necessities in life. Whether we use them for simple | | | | providing information to the intruders. These malicious |
| functions such as typing our homework and business | | | | programs, which are security threats, are called |
| reports, up to more important acts like online | | | | computer viruses. Computer viruses should not be |
| business meetings and transactions, one cannot deny | | | | taken lightly. They work in many different ways; one |
| that computers are a big part in our daily lives. Using | | | | of them may be to provide data to the one who |
| a computer, particularly the Internet, is one task that | | | | planted the virus. Other viruses can simply be |
| even a ten year old can do at this particular period in | | | | annoying - slowing down your computer, building |
| time. With the growing increase of popularity and | | | | unwanted files, etc. - while some can be very |
| reliance on computers, as well as the demand for it, | | | | disruptive, such as deleting your hard drive, |
| security risks have also gone up, which is a reality | | | | compromising your operating system, etc.Free Scan! |
| that cannot be ignored. With the billions of | | | | See how many errors your computer has, at As |
| information bits being spread across the World Wide | | | | such, there are different types of viruses, which |
| Web, hackers and computer intruders (criminals) see | | | | normally differ in how they function and how they |
| the value in focusing their attention to computers and | | | | are spread. Examples of these include Trojan horses, |
| the Internet. The information they would retrieve | | | | worms, email viruses, and logic bombs. It would be |
| here is (more often than not) more useful than when | | | | important for you to know these kinds of viruses in |
| doing it the old-fashioned way. As such, these | | | | order to better protect you from them, as well as to |
| intruders have devised methods to get information | | | | have the proper programs to get rid of them. |
| out of computer users, with or without these people | | | | The registry keeps growing when you use Windows. |
| knowing that they've been hacked. As is the case in | | | | As it does, it attracts obsolete information and |
| real life, there are some computer programs that are | | | | becomes cluttered. |