What is a computer virus and what will it do to my computer, how will it work, what is it made up of.?

Question

can i learn to make these viruses? can a viruse steal data from my computer. can i track others computer using these viruses.

Answer 1

Computer viruses are software programs that are deliberately designed to interfere with computer operation, record, corrupt, or delete data, or spread themselves to other computers and throughout the Internet.

Viruses often slow things down and cause other problems in the process.

Answer 2

A virus is a program designed to corrupt other programs and alter the way those programs work. The impact of a virus can range from making your computer crash when a certain key or series of keys is pushed, to deleting important files, and to the extreme: possibly rendering your computer inoperable.

Before getting all worked up about viruses, it's important to understand the limitations of a computer virus. Viruses are programs that infect other programs, or files containing macros (a series of commands grouped together to automate a complex series of tasks) such as Microsoft Word files, Microsoft Excel files and executable files. Computer viruses cannot, do not, and will not infect plain text files, such as e-mail messages and Web pages, nor can they infect pictures or chat groups. Virus programmers are getting better at transmitting viruses, some new high tech viruses can exploit the security system of popular e-mail programs and activate and begin replicating without the user even being aware.

The name "virus" is appropriate, because like a biological virus, a computer virus is small, makes copies of itself, and cannot exist without a host. (It's also a catchier name than Parasitic Self-Replicating Program.)

Answer 3

Virus is a program which perform some unauthorized task which make u feel like hell.Depending on its program it can harm your O.S and other program i.e it affect the s/w on your computer.Ya u can make virus by learning some programming virus and by knowing about O.S.Virus can affect your data and can also track other computer.

Answer 4

there are many types of viruses thousands and it walk take ages to explain just half of them so ill just give a general discription of a few. there are trojans which get into your computer and can see files passwords etc there are key loggers that can record your key strokes and steal details and many more for me details see http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/v/virus.html

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

To write your own you will need to learn assembly code and get an assembly compiler.

Trojan horses can be written in high-level languages like VB, C++ and java.

Answer 6

Check this out. It will answer all your questions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus

Answer 7

hmm............. virus is not made up by micro organisms but by people to develope virus in computers.

Answer 8

Yes to all your questions.