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Welcome to
our
presentation :)
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OUR PRESENTATION TOPIC IS


COMPUTER VIRUS
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Viruses
• What they are..
• Where they come
from..
• Why they are
here..
What is
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computer virus?

 Computer viruses
are small software
or code that can
cause damage to
your data and
software on a
computer.
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z What a computer virus do?


 A virus tries to take control of computer system at the first
opportunity available.

 Also it makes copies of it self and try to carry harmful


task written in its program.

 This process can happen so quickly that the user is not even
aware of the presence of a virus in computer.
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History of virus
Like any other field in computer science viruses have
evolved over the years.
 The first computer virus was called 'Creeper'.

 It was invented in the early 1971 by Bob Thomas.

 This program has been designed not to damage


the computer,but only to display a messages.
 Since then,millions of viruses have been invented
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Why do people create computer viruses?

Any programmer
can make a virus to:
 To take control of
a computer and
use it for specific
tasks.
 To steal sensitive
information.
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Why do people create computers
viruses?
 To take money.

 To prove ones skill or for revenge


purposes.
 To disable a computer or network
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How do viruses spread?

 From
removable
media.
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How do viruses
spread?

Computer viruses
usually spread in one
of three ways
 From
downloads off
the internet.
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How do viruses
spread?

 And from email


attachments
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Types of computer virus
 Macro virus
 File infector virus
 Boot sector virus
 Email virus
 Trojan virus
 Resident virus
 Multipartite virus
 Worm virus
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Prevention from computer virus
 An antivirus
software is a
computer program
that identify and
remove viruses,
and other
malicious software
 It protects the
computer from
further virus
attacks.
sources
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Https://www.microsoft.com/pc-security/virus-whatis.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/computer_virus
http://www.allbuisness.com
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This officially
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presentation.

Any
questions?
If not, feel
free to
clap. :)
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Thank you

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