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    HARMS CAUSED BY COMPUTER MALWARE

                  Different malwares  will affect your computer in different ways.

                     They can crash your hard disk.
                     They can destroy all or some of your data.
                     They decrease the processing speed of the computer.

                     They can reduce or block the memory of the computer or hard disk.
                     They stop you from restarting your computer or keep on restarting your computer.

                     They send e-mails from your account without your knowledge.

                  HOW DOES A COMPUTER GET INFECTED?

                  Computer malwares spread through several ways. Some of them are:
                      using infected CDs/Pen drives
                      opening an infected e-mail attachment

                      downloading an infected program from Internet, Pen drives,
                     CDs or DVDs                                                             e-mail       Computer game
                      running an infected program (which can be a game, screen
                     saver, etc.)

                      through local computer networks                                          CD             Pendrive

                  SYMPTOMS OF AN INFECTED COMPUTER

                  An infected computer system will:
                      start displaying unusual messages on the screen                    Factbot

                      take time to load the programs.                             Fred  Cohen  introduced  the  term
                      take more time to shut down the Windows                     ‘Virus’  in  1986  that  stands  for  "Vital
                      increase the size of the files                              Information Resources Under Siege."

                      change the file names or types automatically

                  HOW TO PROTECT YOUR COMPUTER

                       Download only legal software.                       Don’t open any unknown e-mail.
                       Use the original version of Windows.                Don’t  open  any  e-mail  attachment  from
                       Scan Pen drive, CD and any other external          unknown sources.
                      storage device for viruses before opening            Don’t download music, program or games
                      in computer.                                        from unknown sources on the Internet.

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