Computer Viruses

Information About Viruses A growing problem in using computers is computer viruses. Viruses are pesky little programs that some hacker with too much time on his hands wrote. Viruses have been known to create annoyances from displaying messages on the screen, such as 'Your PC is now stoned,' to completely obliterating everything that is contained on the computer's hard disk. Viruses are transferred from computer to computer in a number of ways. The most …

…these disks. DON'T DESPAIR! Despite all of what has just been said, viruses are controllable. Their is software called Virus Protection Software. A couples of programs that have been proven to work are F-PROT and McAfee's Virus Scan. These programs scan the computer's memory and the files contained on the hard disk each time the program is executed. These programs also resided on the computer's memory. These programs will help reduce the spread of viruses.