Computer virus

A computer virus is a computer program that can duplicate or copy itself and spread by inserting copies of itself into other programs or documents. Computer viruses can be analogous to biological viruses that spread by inserting itself into living cells. Computer viruses can be destructive (for example by destroying the data on the document), making computer users feel annoyed, or no effect at all. [edit] How it Works Computer viruses generally can damage your computer software and can not directly damage the computer hardware in a way that forces the program includes over process to a specific device such as VGA, Memory Procesor even (especially on operating systems, such as family-based operating system Windows (Windows 95, Windows 98/98SE, Windows NT, Windows NT Server, Windows 2000, Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Service Pack 1, Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows Vista Service Pack 1) and even GNU / Linux. negative effects, especially a computer virus is to multiply themselves, which makes the computer resources (such as Real Time CPU, memory usage) to be reduced significantly. Almost 95% virus is a virus-based computer operating system Windows. The remaining 2% attacked Linux / GNU with the kernel version below 1.4 (and Unix, as the source of Linux, of course), 1% to attack the Mac, especially Mac OS 9, Mac OS X (Tiger, Leopard). 2% more attack other operating systems such as FreeBSD, OS / 2 IBM, and Sun Operating System. [edit] Types of Computer Viruses Own a computer virus is a general term to describe all types of computer attacks. However, when categorized by how it works, computer viruses can be grouped into the following categories: Worm - a program that secretly menginstallkan himself into the computer when the user is opening certain pages on the Internet. Trojan - a program to inject himself into a good program, which resulted in the Trojan is active in memory when the host program is run by the user. Hacking - is a direct attack by hackers on computer users accessing certain Internet pages, with or without the assistance programs that have been inserted in the user's computer. Backdoor - is a program of theft of personal data from users, and secretly sent it to the virus creator. Spyware, Malware, and Adware - is a program designed to fill a user's computer with promotions disturbing. Rogue and Ransomware - is a program that mimics the antivirus program and show antiviral activity as normal, and giving false warnings about the virus. The aim is to enable the users to buy and activate the fake antivirus program and make money for those rogue virus makers. Cell Phone Virus - a virus that specifically attacks the cell phone, which can cause a variety of effects, ranging from LCD blank, dead eyes of living life, send yourself an sms continuously, stealing data in cell phones, to make a call - silent calls and spent pulses mobile phone users. How to Overcome Computer Virus Virus attacks can be prevented or overcome by using antivirus software. This kind of software can also detect and remove computer viruses, so long as the computer virus database is owned by the antivirus software already contains the code to remove the virus. Example of a reliable antivirus and counteract the virus is Kaspersky, Panda, Sophos, Symantec, Bit Defender, Ansav, SmadAV, AVG, AntiVir, PCMAV, Norton, Norman, McAfee, and others. See also Antivirus software References List of local virus and how the site penangkalannya Vaksin.com Computer viruses in IlmuKomputer.Com Tips and Tricks Overcome Viruses and Worms Articles on these computers is a request for it. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from "http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virus_komputer"