The Impact Of Computer Virus Attacks And It's Preventive Mechanisms Among Personal Computer (pc) Users

AbstractA computer virus is a piece of software which attaches itself to another programcausing undesirable effect on the program. It isattached similar to the way in which biological virus affect other organisms. The synonymous way it works with that of thehuman virus gave rise to the term computer virus. Computer viruses infectpersonal computers (PCs) and server. Some virusescreate mere annoyance, but others can do serious damage: delete or change files, steal important information, load and rununwanted applications, send documents via electronic mail (e-mail) or even cripple a machines oper…