Computer Virus Information You Need To Know

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It is astonishing how many individuals; both casual Internet "surfers" and online marketers opt to overlook computer internet security. Maybe it is merely due to lack of knowledge as to how widespread and hazardous computer viruses are or that they are plainly "too cheap" to invest in quality internet security products. Then again it could be a matter of their inexperienced conviction that "it will never happen to me". Whatever the rationale, with some computer industry reports claiming nearly 5,000 "new" computer viruses being identified each year, whether you are a informal Internet surfer or a determined online business person, you cannot afford not to take computer virus threats very seriously!

Just imagine logging into your computer one pleasant day to verify your bank account or PayPal account only to discover all your funds are missing! Your hard earned money, either from your traditional job or online business (perhaps both) have been swiped. Yes, there are viruses out there that are capable of gathering sensitive data (passwords, credit card information, etc.) from your computer devoid of your realization and transferring it back to the criminals that developed the virus programs. Good-bye funds! So it is well worth your time to invest in the finest internet security software that you can come up with the money for.

So what is a computer virus anyhow? In basic terms, a computer virus is a code that has the capacity to extend throughout your computer and/or network by attaching itself to your program files or host files. As soon as the computer virus has copied itself right through your computer system, based on the type of virus, it starts to hinder with the standard operation of your computer and /or network in a variety of ways which we will talk about in a later article.

Unluckily computer viruses come in lots of distinctive forms, so there is no one universal cure that will prevent and wipe out all the many viruses out there. Some of the more common viruses are:
A) Boot sector viruses that focus on infecting the boot sector of a hard drive as well as the "master boot record". Simply starting or "booting" your computer is enough to set off this nasty critter if your computer is infected.
B) File infector viruses love to attack your application programs by attaching themselves to the code of the host file. This permits them to proliferate from one computer to another over a network once the host application is utilized by the computer user (you).
C) Macro viruses are actually tiny programs on their own which can penetrate an application program and then begin to substitute standard programming code to trigger unexplained and potentially damaging behavior, which may result in data loss and more.

Other virus types that are becoming more widespread and that you need to be knowledgeable of include:
1. stealth viruses which have the capability to go into hiding from all but the best internet security programs,
2. time bomb viruses that are created specially to become active on a certain date or time specified by their creator,
3. polymorphic viruses have the built in ability to actually alter their code to hoodwink basic anivirus scanning software until they are all set to attack,
4. multipartite viruses are a blend (or hybrid) of two or more viruses such as a boot sector virus and a file infector virus,
5. logic bombs are written to launch an attack when a specified event, programmed by their inventor, happens. Until that time, they act like a time bomb virus, lying in wait.

One final piece of data just in case you even now are skeptical of the seriousness and threats to your computer internet security posed by computer viruses. Depending on your information resources, approximations of new computer viruses uncovered each month range from as low as 100 upwards to over 500! Clearly it is no longer a problem of "if I do develop a computer virus infection", but to be more precise, "when I contract a computer virus infection".

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