Answer to Question #164136 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

1.      Explain the term computer virus.

A computer virus is a type of malicious computer program written to alter the way a computer operates and when executed it replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its programmed code.

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

•    Bit defender antivirus
•   Norton antivirus
•    Kaspersky antivirus
•   F-secure antivirus
•   Eset nod 32 antivirus

3.      Mention four (4) instances of how computer viruses are spread.

•   Through the use of infected removable disks
•   Through email attachments
•   Downloading software from malicious sites
•   Social media scam links
•   Copying data from an infected computer

4.      State three symptoms of computer viruses.

• Unusually slow computer performance
•  Frequent pop-up windows
• Unreadable files on the machine
•  Frequent computer crashes