Thursday, May 26, 2011
Spywere and Virus
We All Have Seen Viruses Im Sure And They Are Super Annoying They Can Slow your Computer Down They Can Delete Files they can Do All Kinds of Evil Stuff And Now i am Going to Tell you now All About Viruses
What is a Virus
A virus is a piece of code that attaches itself to a program or file so it can spread from computer to computer. They can also try to damage your software, your hardware, and your files.
What is a Worm
A worm, like a virus, is designed to copy itself from one computer to another, but it does so automatically. First, it takes control of features on the computer that can transport files or information. Once a worm is in your system, it can travel alone. A great danger of worms is their ability to replicate in great volume. For example, a worm could send out copies of itself to everyone listed in your e-mail address book, and their computers would then do the same, and so on till they clog the networks.
Because worms don't need to travel via a "host" program or file, they can also tunnel into your system and allow somebody else to take control of your computer remotely.
What is a Trojan Horse
Just as the mythological Trojan horse appeared to be a gift, but turned out to contain Greek soldiers who overtook the city of Troy, a pc Trojan horse is a computer programs that appear to be useful software, but instead they compromise your security and cause a lot of damage.
Trojan horses spread when people are lured into opening a program because they think it comes from a legitimate source. Trojan horses can also be included in software that you download for free.
How Do i Stop your Self From Getting them
The first step is to make sure your pc has up-to-date virus protection software on it. Windows Live OneCare is Microsoft’s solution, though there are also many other brands available in the market. Once installed be sure that it’s enabled, and schedule regular scans of your pc.
Second step is to use Windows Update to keep your pc current. These updates close any security holes that have been found in Windows, or in the third party drivers, in order to keep you safe.
Third step is common sense. Virtually all viruses and many worms cannot spread unless you open or run an infected program. SO, never open anything that is attached to an e-mail unless you are expecting it, even if it came from you best friends. And never download software from a source that you don't trust.
If you receive an e-mail with an attachment from someone you don't know, delete it immediately.
Also Becareful What Websites you Visit and Becareful what you download some programs and websites contain viruses
What is the Difference Between a Virus and All of the other things that you mentioned
The Difference is They Do Different Damage To your Computer Some of them is more Severe
How Can i Tell If i Have a Virus Or Not
Your computer might slow down or crash and restart every few minutes. Sometimes a virus attacks the files you need to start up a computer. In this case, you might press the power button and find yourself staring at a blank screen.
All of these symptoms are common signs that your computer has a virus—although they could also be caused by hardware or software problems that have nothing to do with a virus. Unless you have up-to-date antivirus software installed on your computer, there is no sure way to know if you have a virus or not.
if your computer is experiencing any of that than you know you have got your self a virus
Whats a Good Program To Use To Protect my computer from Viruses
AVG Is The Best one out there Today
What are the Top 10 Viruses and Info on Them
1. Nimda: This combo-platter hacker program was the sum of all malware-based fears; i.e., it was a trojan, a virus, and a worm in one package. This nasty little hybrid was capable of infecting your computer in many different ways. It also managed to become the world's most prevalent virus at the time in less than an hour after it was unleashed online.
2. ILOVEYOU: Hands down, this was one of the most destructive malware ever created by man. Millions of computers were compromised and about the same amount of dollars were lost by this virus that hid behind an email and masqueraded as a love letter. This is the one virus that could claim to have shut down the computer networks of the Pentagon and CIA during its heyday.
3. Code Red: This is yet another highly widespread and damaging virus (which was, incidentally, named after a short-lived Mountain Dew variant) that has infected as many as three hundred sixty thousand computers in just one day. It's also the most difficult virus to remove in a system, because it can easily re-infect a machine that has just been cleaned. The amounts of resources and IT personnel time it ate up were also staggering.
4. Slammer: This malware has been described by experts as a tremendously quick-spreading computer worm that is capable of infecting the most exposed and vulnerable hosts within minutes of its deployment. This byte-sized malware terror was able to infect over seventy-five thousand machines worldwide after it was launched on January 25, 2003.
5. Blaster: Although it wasn't the most hazardous worm in the world because of its coding flaws, it was still one of the most hyped up and overexposed malware programs of all time because of the huge amounts of attention the media gave to it. An updated variant of this worm was created by an eighteen-year-old hacker named Jeffery Lee Parson, which quickly infected over fifty thousand machines worldwide.
6. Morris Worm: Robert Morris's 1988 Morris Worm was one of the very first worms ever made. It was quite an infamous achievement for malware created by a Cornell graduate student because it ultimately led to its creator's conviction under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (Morris was the first man convicted under that act, in fact).
7. Welchia: This is believed to be one of the most peculiar worms in computer history because it was developed by a white hat hacker to actually clear out the ever-growing Blaster worm infection before deleting itself. In effect, it can be considered the first (and probably only) positive, non-malignant worm ever created.
8. Commwarrior-A: Experts believe this virus to be the next logical step in malware evolution. More to the point, the virus struck with impunity on the summer of 2005 in an area that was least expected: mobile phones. The first cellphone virus was only able to spread to sixty phones via text messages, but it could prove to be the start of a mobile device malware outbreak.
9. Elk Cloner: This was a relatively harmless floppy disk virus written in 1982 by a high school student. It specifically targeted Apple II computers and it merely caused affected machines to show a poem written by its maker on every fiftieth boot.
10. Creeper: Considered by many computer historians to be the first computer virus ever made, the Creeper was able to infect PDP-11 machines linked to ARPANET (the Defense-Department-made Internet predecessor). This self-replicating but benign (all it made the computer do was display the message, "I'm the creeper, catch me if you can!") virus was a precursor to today's inescapable malware epidemic.
What is Spywere
it is Software that self-installs on a computer, enabling information to be gathered covertly about a person's Internet use, passwords, etc
How Do I Stop Spywere
Same Thing As mentioned above for viruses
How Do i Protect my Self From Spywere
The Answer is the Same Thing as Viruses
How is Spywere Different From a virus
Spywere Gathers information about a persons internet use while viruses Attack your computer and do a lot more Harm
