What are computer viruses?
Computer viruses are small piece of software.It is usually attached in unknown messages or downloads. You may have seen a message with “YOU ARE THE 9999th CUSTOMER! COME AND GET YOUR PRIZE!” like this viruses can be with funny images, greeting cards, or audio and video files.
To stop the viruses there are several steps. First if u accidentally earn virus first you have to disconnect every internet you have. Than start the computer as safe mode than remove the important files to CD or floppy disk.Third thing you want to do is install an anti- virus software if you don’t have one. Finally, scan you computer and delete the files that has virus.
Preventing from earning viruses are pretty easy. You may want to have anti-virus software on you computer. By this you can delete the viruses when you just got it. Also get into habit of going in safe sites and scan CD or removable drive before you open it.
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/129972
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HowStuffWorks “How Computer Viruses Work”
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What are Computer Viruses
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/teachers/compvir.htm
