Answer to Question #165448 in Algorithms for Hidr

Question

1 explain the term computer virus 

2 give 5 examples of antivirus applications

3 mention instances of how computer viruses are spread

4 symptoms of computer virus

Answer 1

1.A computer virus is type of malware that inserts its virus code to multiply itself by altering the programs and applications. The computer gets infected through the replication of malicious code.

2.Kaspersky, AVG, Avast, Norton, McAfee

3.Viruses can be spread through email and text message attachments, Internet file downloads, and social media scam links.

4.

• Frequent pop-up windows
• Changes to your homepage
• Mass emails being sent from your email account
• Frequent crashes
• Unusually slow computer performance
• Unknown programs that start up when you turn on your computer
• Unusual activities like password changes