A computer virus resides on a host computer and can replicate itself when executed. Virus can steal user data, delete or modify files & documents, records keystrokes & web sessions of a user. It can also steal or damage hard disk space, it can slowdown CPU processing.
Definition Of Computer Virus
“A computer virus is a program that may disturb the normal working of a computer system”. Virus attaches itself to files stored on floppy disks, USBs, email attachments and hard disks. A file containing a virus is called infected file. If this file is copied to a computer, virus is also copied to the computer.
Activation Of Virus
When the computer virus starts working, it is called the activation of virus. A virus normally runs all the time in the computer. Different viruses are activated in different ways. Many viruses are activated on a certain data. For example, a popular virus “Friday, the 13th” is activated only if the date is 13 and the day is Friday.