2007-02-15 13:32:47 · 5 answers · asked by rene_chic 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
they can be attached to anything your computer accesses such as email, programs, advertisements. There are to many kinds of viruses out there to explain what they do would take forever. but basically they install and multiply slowing your computer down by causing popups appear all the time for no reason, and some write over critical files on your computer causing it to crash.
2007-02-15 13:37:56 · answer #1 · answered by imre_14_2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
commonly, a virus is code that replicates itself, either inside the host, or by attaching to some outbound data stream (mail, etc.) where it finds a nice warm place to do it all over again, till the cows come home. often, a good virus, will trans pose itself to resemble an innocous bit of data, which can fool a non-educated person (or computer operating system) into thinking it's part of the data stream, intake this entire stream and bingo! they often spread thmeselves through attachments (e-mail for instance) or they can be made to cause 'buffer overruns' which have to do with the way packets are handled in the 'stack' protocols for many platforms.
2007-02-15 22:21:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A computer virus is a purposely written piece of code or script that with it's inherent nature can be attached to or executed via e-mail or other forms of transferable media. (This is MY own description, no source available)
2007-02-15 21:48:06 · answer #3 · answered by Life after 45 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why do you wanna know? r u gonna spread some?
2007-02-15 21:35:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to learn about viruses and stuff like that, www.freewebs.com/pspass. then click links
2007-02-15 21:35:44 · answer #5 · answered by airsoftcoolkid 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋