However I want to focus on three important questions:
What is a computer virus?
Computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation.
What do computer viruses do?
Their principal objetive is causing damage to the efficient operation of a program or operating system of the computer. Depending on the type of virus damage the computer can be a software or hardware level.
How could my computer get virus?
The most common way to get computer virus are:
- Sharing music, files or photos with other users
- Visiting an infected Web site
- Opening spam e-mail or an email attachment
- Downloading free games, toolbars, media players
- Installing software applications without fully reading license agreements
- Sharing music, files or photos
