NEWS

• Know about a Virus

  There have been so many issues regarding security with the recent development in the computer industry. read more

• Is there a Virus in Your PC?

  Now the users are more concerned about the viruses as these viruses can affect the performance of their computers. read more

• How to Prevent Macro Viruses

  You should be able to know about the macros before removing them from your computers. Macros are basically series of commands and actions which are found in the computer. read more

• Security Breaching Programs

  Many people think that Trojan, backdoors, key loggers, adwares, worms and spywares are viruses but actually they are not. read more

• What does AV Software Protect me from?

  The antivirus programs are such programs which protect computers from getting infected with viruses. read more

Security Breaching Programs (malware)

Many people think that Trojan, backdoors, key loggers, adwares, worms and spywares are viruses but actually they are not. Trojan is a program which is designed to perform a specific task and it can also in different purpose. The malwares are the viruses and these programs which are put together. Although worms can spread like one in email but worms are not viruses. The copies of the worms will be created automatically everywhere possible but viruses can infect into your files.

The programs which are made to delete files or something unexpected are called logic bombs. These programs will start at a particular time and day according to program. The dialers can be dangerous in case of modems. The phone numbers will dialed without knowledge of users giving big bill to the users. These dialers are downloaded automatically.

The ads will be published on the software with the adwares. The developers of the adwares will get the generated revenues. The example of the adware is the opera browser which holds other advertisements. There is risk when the users agree unknowingly for the contract of these advertisements.

The spywares will send data from one computer to another. The spywares are used to gather information about the browsing patterns for browsers. The developers can easily extract confidential information like passwords and credit card numbers with the help of spywares.

The programmers can control their computers remotely with the backdoors. The programmers can write worms to install backdoor in order to get access other programs.

Virus hoaxes are forwarded programs which are used to fill the mail boxes and servers. The hoaxes are basically mails which are sent to other email address without reading it.

There are many antivirus programs available through which you can be able to catch all these viruses except hoaxes. The hoaxes are not caught as they are not coded. You can be able to detect spywares with the help of updates and add ons.

How anti virus programs work

It is important for the users to us the anti virus programs to prevent their computers from virus. Screening is the main part of the anti virus program which will take all possible patterns of viruses. The antivirus programs have included virus definitions. The pattern will be removed after detection without damaging other parts of it. The files and folders will be quarantined if the removing process is not successful to avoid from further damage.

The latest virus threats can be identified with Heuristic scanning. If there is no latest definition of anti virus program then it will not detect. But it can be used to suspect patterns of the viruses and warnings.