Answer to Question #164003 in Computer Networks for MUSAH ABDUL-JAWAL

Question

1. Explain the term Computer Virus.

2. Give five (5) examples of antivirus applications.

3. Mention four (4) instances of how Computer Viruses are spread.

4. State three symptoms of Computer Viruses.

Answer 1

A computer virus is a malicious program that spreads by copying itself to another program that requires human intervention to spread.

Examples of antivirus applications are;

i)       Norton Antivirus

ii)     Avira Antivirus

iii)   Kaspersky Antivirus

iv)   Avast Antivirus

v)     AVG Antivirus

How Computer Viruses are spread.

i)       Through infected drives such as flash drives.

ii)     Executing infected programs downloaded from the internet.

iii)   Through sharing infected files via emails.

iv)   Through the transmission of infected files via a computer network.

Symptoms of computer virus

i)       Slow computer performance.

ii)     Computer frequently crashes.

iii)    Computer displaying unusual messages or popups.