how does a virus infect the system
Answer Posted / fareed juneid
Virus is a program that executes itself when it find an host
computer and transfer itself to host computer (through
internet, pendrive , CD , etc)
Once it executes, it can
1. it keeps multiplying n replicating itself and take down
all memory space (PC freezes, slows down, low performance ,
system restarts automatically).
2. It deletes important files ( pc crashes or doesn't start
next time or windows files deleted/ corrupted)
3. It changes right access permissions effecting ( task
manager, hidden files, right access options etc)
Remedy: Install anti virus or update latest virus
definitions in safe mode.
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