Computer 5 (Computer Virus) Grade 5 computer
- 2. COMPUTER VIRUS • Maintaining the good condition of your computer is just as important as taking care of your personal things.
- 3. • Your computer may last longer if you ensure that both of its internal and external parts are being cared for. However, there are certain preventions that you need to consider to ensure its good performance.
- 4. COMPUTER CARE • Dust your computer every now and then to keep it free of dirt. • Never eat or drink while working on the computer.
- 5. • Always make sure that your hands are clean before touching your keyboard or mouse device.
- 6. • When you encounter errors, do not hit the keyboard or throw the mouse device; ask for help.
- 7. • Turn off your computer during storm. Lighting could generate electrical problem at some point.
- 8. • Keep your removable storage devices safe to make sure that your files will be useful for a longer time.
- 9. • A computer virus might also be a threat to your computer system. • This type of virus is a program intended to harm not only the software but the hardware as well
- 10. A computer virus is a program created by a user and is passed on from one computer to another.
- 11. • It happens when a file or files are shared, email - sent, uploaded, or downloaded to a computer.
- 12. • This could be prevented if the sharing of files is permitted by the other user or the recipient of the files.
- 13. VIRUS DAMAGE • Normally. A virus can do any amount of damage to your computer.
- 14. • It can ruin your operating system, and over tome your system will run slower. • The same problem may also occur when you are using the Internet.
- 15. • In the long run, you may have trouble running application programs. • In the worst case, you may not be able to get it to boot up when you turn on your computer on.
- 17. HOW DO COMPUTER VIRUSES SPREAD? Nowadays, viruses are spread through email attachment. The sender may tell the recipient that the attachment is necessary to be opened in order to get the information.
- 18. Moreover, virus programmer will insist that the attachment is required to be installed before it can be read. In this event, the possibility of its infection in your system is very high.
- 19. • Aside from email attachments, downloadable programs, on the Internet are unsafe.Alot of free software are available on the Web, but we may not know exactly why these are being offered free.
- 20. • There are also viruses that are loaded onto any part of writable removable device, and the possibility of their transfer is through the use of that removable device.
- 21. PREVENTING YOUR COMPUTER FROM BEING HARMED BY VIRUS PROGRAMS • When you secure your operating system with an antivirus program, you close several potential damages on your computer.
- 22. • If you do not have an antivirus program on your computer, you cannot scan files or programs. • The virus scanner can provide protection when a virus is detected.
- 23. • It can help you delete the threat or place it to a special "quarantine" folder. • When your antivirus quarantines a file, it prevents the virus from infecting the rest of the computers.
- 25. list of antivirus programs that are compatible in different operating system
- 26. Company Windows Apple Linux Mobile Free? Avast yes No No Yes Yes AVG Yes No No Yes Yes McAfee Yes Yes Yes Yes No Avira Yes No Yes Yes Yes Trend Micro Yes No No Yes No Webroot Yes No No No No Panda Yes No Yes No No