Viruses arose almost simultaneously with the advent of computers. And now for many users, the problem of protecting the security of their computer remains relevant. However, do not exaggerate the danger and clog your computer with a bunch of protection programs to leave various types of computer viruses overboard. Why? The situation is simple: if at the dawn of the Internet and personal computers, really worthy people possessed the knowledge and programming skills who could write something destructive, then now any school student can copy-paste any virus on his knee and consider himself a mega-hacker.
On the one hand, this is very bad, because there are a lot of such individuals and the Internet is now very fast. On the other hand, such people are usually extremely stupid and to write something worthwhile, they are corny lacking imagination. Therefore, the types of viruses they created in the presence of a certain (very small) amount of experience are almost not dangerous and it is easier to deal with them. Well, the chance to catch something from a professional is almost zero, because usually - just for fun - they don’t infect computers. And besides, their work is closely monitored and patches for security systems are immediately sewn under such terrible viruses. These viruses are placed on a priority place in the definition queue in antivirus programs. In this article, we will consider some tips that will help you, if all of a sudden, get rid of or block the most common types of viruses with little blood.
Risk groups
To begin with, we will deal with this for many unobvious points. You can often hear that, they say: "Yes, that I have viruses - I have nothing to steal." Ha, holy simplicity! If you use Internet banking, play online games, develop intellectual projects or just have a social network account, then you can steal a lot of things - believe me. Remember, many types of viruses do not want to break your computer, but steal intellectual property, and with it money.
Computer viruses, types
1. Viruses: programs register their code in other programs - they infect.
2. Worms: in their name and their definition. They know how to "crawl" from one computer to another, using the network.
3. Trojans: a Trojan horse. It does not know how to infect files, therefore it is usually distributed under the guise of useful software - hence the name.
4. Spies: steal, collect and send where necessary information. Usually they are written either individually for the client, or for the desired type of information. For example, under credit card codes.
5. Phishing: fishermen whose primary vocation is to extract money from a simpleton. Disguise themselves as important messages from various important structures. Example: you won a million dollars! Just enter your card number and TIN to receive money. One thing is clear that as soon as you do this, the score will be immediately reset.
Tips to Avoid, Minimize Damage
If you suspect that some types of viruses have attacked your computer, then:
1) Check startup. Maybe you're lucky - and there is an uninvited guest.
2) Download and update programs only from official sites. Usually they look like: * the name of the program.som
3) Never pay ransomware. They usually don’t go beyond the threats of “breaking the camputer” - there are not enough brains.
4) If the virus blocked you social. network or something else, rewrite the
hosts file in the windows folder.
5) This item is inspired by the past - before doing something, ask Google - he knows the answers to almost all questions.