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Lecture 22

Computer viruses are programs that can copy themselves and spread from one computer to another without permission. They are sometimes created to display messages, destroy data, or erase hard drives. Symptoms of a virus infection include loss of memory, slow performance, corrupted files, and unexpected rebooting. To prevent viruses, powerful antivirus software should be installed and regularly updated, and files should be scanned when transferred between computers. Computer hackers access systems without permission to view information, while crackers also intend to cause harm after hacking into a system. Strong firewalls can protect against both.

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Lecture 22

Computer viruses are programs that can copy themselves and spread from one computer to another without permission. They are sometimes created to display messages, destroy data, or erase hard drives. Symptoms of a virus infection include loss of memory, slow performance, corrupted files, and unexpected rebooting. To prevent viruses, powerful antivirus software should be installed and regularly updated, and files should be scanned when transferred between computers. Computer hackers access systems without permission to view information, while crackers also intend to cause harm after hacking into a system. Strong firewalls can protect against both.

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Computer Virus, Anti-Virus, Computer Hacker and

Cracker
Question: Define computer virus. Why are computer viruses created?

Computer Virus
The full meaning of VIRUS is Vital Information and Resources Under Seized.
A virus is a parasitic program buried within another legitimate program or
stored in a special area of a disk called the boot sector. Executing the program
or accessing the disk, virus becomes active without the user’s knowledge.

Reasons to Create Computer Virus


Some major reasons to create computer viruses are as follows:
1.Copy themselves to other programs.
2.Display information on the screen.
3.Destroy data files.
4.Erase an entire hard disk.
5.Lie dormant for a specified time or until a given condition is met and then
becomes active.
Symptoms of Computer Virus
Question: Mention some symptoms of computer virus.

Answer:
Some important symptoms of computer viruses are as follows:
1.Unexplainable loss of free memory spaces.
2.Unusually long time for program loading and execution.
3.Print routines that stop working.
4.Strange “beeps”.
5.Computer “freezing-up”.
6.Computer reboots in the middle of a process.
7.Changes in file and program size.
8.Corrupted files.
Prevention of Infection

Question: How can we prevent our computer from virus attack?

Answer:

There are two ways to attack a computer by virus programs . These are:

1.Off-line way: In off-line way virus programs are spread out through third
memory devices such as CD, DVD, pen drive etc.

CD/DVD/Pen drive

Computer-1 Computer-2
(hard disk) (hard disk)

Fig. 1: Off-line way virus spreading.


2. On line way: In on-line way virus programs are spread out through
computer network basically Internet.

Computer-1 Computer-2
(hard disk) (hard disk)

Fig. 2: On-line way virus spreading.

Prevention:
We can prevent our computer from virus programs by installing a powerful
anti-virus programs in it. The an anti-virus needs to be updated in regular
basis. Before copying any file to our computer, at first we need to ensure
whether the file is free from virus or not. To verify it, we need to check the
file by the anti-virus program and if any virus is found then the virus must
be cleaned or deleted before copying the desired file to our computer
disk.
Anti-virus:

An anti-virus is a program that acts against the virus programs. Anti-virus


program is used to scan for virus program and then tries to clean, or delete, or
make vault of the virus program if it is found.
Some common anti-virus programs are:

1. MacAfee
2. Kespersky
3. Norton Anti-virus
4. Bit Defender
5. Avast
6. Avg
7. Bit Defender
and so on
Computer Hacker and Cracker

Question: Define computer hacker and computer cracker.

Answer:

Computer Hacker:
A computer hacker is a computer skilled person who performs an unauthorized
or illegal access to the computer system of an organization to know their
activities or to make fun. A hacker uses computer network basically Internet
to hack the computer system of an organization. A powerful fire-wall
protection can protect a computer system from hacking.

Computer Cracker:
A computer cracker is a computer skilled person who performs an
unauthorized or illegal access to the computer system of an organization to
know their activities and then perform any harms to the system of the
organization. A cracker uses computer network basically Internet to hack and
then crack the computer system of an organization. A powerful fire-wall
protection can also make a computer system from hacking and then cracking.

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