It is important to be aware of viruses that may affect our personal computers or laptops and could cause an error into a program or corrupt some files or memory. However, not all pc owners/users are techies. Thus, an information about the viruses being posted to a blog like this will be useful, if not helpful. Here are seven computer viruses of all time...
1. ILOVEYOU a.k.a. Lovebug/Loveletter Virus
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The ILOVEYOU virus was a computer virus that many consider to be the most damaging virus ever written. It spread itself by email in 2000 through an attachment in the message. Once opened, it loaded itself to the memory, infecting executable files. When a user received and opened the email containing the attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs", the computer became automatically infected. It then spread itself by infecting executable files, image files, as well as audio files like MP3s. After that, the virus sent itself to others by looking up the addresses contained...
1. ILOVEYOU a.k.a. Lovebug/Loveletter Virus
The ILOVEYOU virus was a computer virus that many consider to be the most damaging virus ever written. It spread itself by email in 2000 through an attachment in the message. Once opened, it loaded itself to the memory, infecting executable files. When a user received and opened the email containing the attachment "LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.txt.vbs", the computer became automatically infected. It then spread itself by infecting executable files, image files, as well as audio files like MP3s. After that, the virus sent itself to others by looking up the addresses contained...
