Computer virus is malware, which get spread between computers through infected files and disrupt the working of your devices and affects data, files, Pictures. Virus makes its multiple copies and infects the entire system without user’s knowledge or his consent. User even doesn’t know about this malicious activity and it damage software on our device or encrypt the data and important files in spite of having antivirus program on your device. Hackers inject malicious activity in ads and users are not able to recognize the same, simply click the attractive ads and get trapped by hackers.
Here are some common reasons of malware attack on your system which you must know;
- Antivirus software not updated
- mistrustful email attachments
- Accessing phishing & malware websites
- Downloading unlicensed applications
- By attaching unsecured external devices like pen drives, hard disk and memory cards etc.
Here explaining how antivirus actually affects our system;
Infect the system-When Virus enter in a system it replicate itself and harm the System. It may enter in our computer’s program through various mediums like infected website, through USb devices like pen drive, memory card or if we download some file on internet and when we run those files it infect our system.
Replicate itself- This is main trait of all kind of virus, it replicate itself. If Virus get into our System and get executed or activated by user it will spread infection in entire system by entering in all files or folder.
Damages file & Data- Hackers design the virus and define its purpose before injection in user system. All Virus behave in different ways, some are more harmful and some causes less harm like popup windows will keep coming, will change the pattern of files and backgrounds of desktop.
Encrypt data- Some virus causes serious harm to your systems these viruses hijack the data and encrypt the entire files on the system. They demand money by the user to de-encypt the same.
Unofficial access on system-some viruses are designed to steal user information like their email password, credit card details, sensitive information, personal information to use them in unlawful manner.
Transmission of infected data-If virus enters in system which is on Network, where many user are working together, its effect get multiple. Virus will try to spread in all file, email and other data on all the system connected with infected system, this ways hackers target more user to harm at a same time.
Best way to protect our system from virus is very simple, that is ‘By using reputated antivirus’.
You may keep your operating system and other software up to date.
Take regular back of important data.
Be careful while downloading file from internet.
Avoid downloading unknown mail attachments.
By all these means you may minimize the impact of virus and keep your System safe form virus.