Question

what are the threats to computer security? explain virus and spyware.

Answer 1

virus: a virus is a program created by skill programmers in order to destroy the devices or to clean the memory storage. these can be detected as the system runs slow when a system has virus

Answer 2

Answer :

$\bigstar$ Computer Virus :

A computer virus is a software program that has the ability to make copies of itself and to attach itself to other programs or files.

A virus maybe or may not be destructive. In some cases, viruses can erase data or corrupt programs on the computer. Mostly Viruses are written by Expert of the computers and computer programmers and are intended to run on computer systems without user's knowledge.

Types of "COMPUTER VIRUSES" :

• Program Viruses.
• Boot Viruses.
• Macro Viruses.
• Malware.
• Worms.
• Torgan Horses.
• Spyware.
• Spam.

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$\bigstar$ Spyware :

Spyware refers to computer programs that secretly gathers information about the user and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. They are also called spambots or tracking software.

Spyware is often installed without user's relay consent when :

• The user downloads something from the internet.
• The user clicks on the something in a popup window that appears while browsing.

Spyware can consume a lot of memory, making the computer very slow and difficult to work with. The spyware is biggest problem with that it can steal your information and misuse it with your computer.

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