Question

explain 5 characteristics of a computer virus and their function

Answer 1

The most common ones are

1.Slowdowns

2.Weird messages and pop-ups out of nowhere

3.Suspicious and weird PC behavior

Let me give you some examples, a spyware wouldn’t cause any noticeable symptoms, you would probably notice a bit of a slowdown but that’s all. (Slowdowns)

An Adware would keep on trying to promote a product to your face without your permission to do so,. (Weird messages and pop-ups out of nowhere)

A Ransomware could change your background wallpaper which would notify you about the infection and later you will notice that all of your files will be renamed, also you won’t be able to access them. (Suspicious and weird PC behavior).

Answer 2

Answer:

,$First it will attach to the system$ It will destroy the file in the computer $ By changing the document and applying SIM card in our computer the virus will enter to computer