There are numerous ways to get a computer infected with malware. To protect a computer, we must have got knowledge of what threats could affect the computer and a few of the ways that threats can infect it.

Virus

A virus is your computer program that infects some type of computer copying itself. Viruses spread from one computer to another through an executable way. They might be carried or spread through thumb drives, CD/DVD drives, or some other sort of drive and/or media. They can also affect your computer system files and its performance

Worms

Like the herpes simplex virus, the worm is also your computer program; it may replicate itself with all the network affecting as many computers as is possible. They do this by exploiting security vulnerabilities. Worms always modify the network even though it affecting the bandwidth.

Trojans (Trojan Horse)

Trojans have to be executed on the … Read More