What is a Full Form of VIRUS?

Virus stands for Vital Information Resources Under Seize. A virus is a malicious program or software whose aim is to harm or damage the data. It is a type of malware that can be compared to any biological virus. Just as biological viruses range in severity and type of infection, computer viruses follow a similar trend. It can display annoying pop-up messages computer system. Computer viruses need a host program. As we all know that virus is a code so it writes the code on the host program. When the host program gets executed, the infection starts. Viruses can replicate themselves using the host program. The study of computer viruses can be traced back to 1949 and the first virus was developed in 1971, also known as the ‘Creeper Program’.

Common Signs of Computer Viruses

There are some common signs of computer viruses:

• Pop-up ads from unidentified websites can appear if a computer has been infected with viruses.
• System freezes or crashes are a common issue as viruses usually damage the hard drives.
• The computer becomes slow all of a sudden.
• Viruses can delete or modify files.
• It can occurs the free disk space that is available on the computer.

The world is digitally evolving day by day. With the introduction of Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing Systems tasks have become more automated and we have become heavily dependent on digital data. But it is also required to safeguard the information as they are susceptible to malware attacks and hence the concept of Cybersecurity arose.