What is Computer Virus ? | how to protect your computer from viruses?

When someone talks about a computer virus, the same question comes in everyone's mind that what is a computer virus and how to protect your computer from viruses? Everyone knows so much about the computer or mobile viruses that it is very dangerous for computers and mobile. But hardly anyone knows what a computer virus is, and why it is dangerous for our computer or mobile.
 

Friends, in this post today, I will tell you that as you all know that all the work is happening online through internet, computer, and mobile, as you know what is computer virus and how to protect your computer from viruses. If you want to protect all less online in the Internet age, it is very important for everyone to know about computer viruses.

What is Computer Virus?

A computer virus is like a computer software when we use the internet, pen drive and hard disk, it reaches from one computer to another and gets installed on your computer without your consent. A computer virus is created in such a way that once it reaches the computer bay it can delete all the files of your computer or the data of your computer can also be stolen. Even what you do on your mobile or computer, which website you open, all the information can be leaked due to a computer virus.

How do computer viruses spread?

1. Email

If you have found a virus-infected file on an email and you open it on your computer, the virus gets into your computer.

2. Internet

In today's time, everyone uses the Internet. If you download a file from the Internet, such as a song, movie, then the virus gets into your computer or mobile.

3. Virus Attempt Pen Drive

If a computer is infected with a virus and uses a pen drive in it and when you insert the same pen drive into another computer, the virus will also enter that computer.

Identification of the virus-infected computer

With the following things in mind, you can identify the virus infected computer.

• If your computer is running slowly while working, your computer may have viruses. When someone works on a computer and suddenly pops up.

• If you do not want to open any software on your computer, it can still be caused by computer viruses

• If you are seeing the same file multiple times and in many places on your computer, then your computer is infected with a virus.

• If a file on your computer is corrupted or deleted.

• If your computer's Hard Disk suddenly becomes full.

Why are viruses dangerous to our computers and mobiles?

• Computer viruses can delete all data on your computer without your consent.

• Computer viruses can steal all the data on your computer.

• Sometimes a virus attacker locks all the data on your computer and asks for money to unlock it.

• Online bank accounts are hacked and stolen by computer viruses.

• Viruses slow down the speed of your computer or mobile.

• What are you talking about on the internet, what are you talking about? All this private information gets leaked.

How to protect your computer and mobile from viruses

You have come to know how harmful the virus can be on your computer. Now that it is learned how to avoid these dangerous viruses, if you follow the words given below, you can avoid these dangerous viruses.

1. Use antivirus programs

Always use a good antivirus on your computer. If you use Windows 10, you do not need to install a separate antivirus in your computer because the antivirus (Windows Defender) is already installed in it.

2. Do not click on unknown links

If you get a link on email or WhatsApp and you don't know what it is for, click on it thoughtfully.

3. Backup your computer data

Back up your computer's data periodically. Unfortunately, if your computer has a virus, your data will be protected.

4. Use strong password

If you use any type of online account, its password is always kept strong, such as password $ 134 #

5. Keep your software updated

Periodically update all the apps or software used on your mobile or computer.

From today's post, we learned what is computer virus and how to protect your computer from virus? By following some of the above methods, you can protect your computer from dangerous viruses. Friends, how did you like this post today?