VIRUS DETECTION AND PREVENTION

De La Salle Professional Schools Masters in Business Administration

*  Introduction *  What Is A Computer Virus? *  Computer Virus Types *  How Do I Know I Have A Computer Virus? *  How Can You “Catch” A Computer Virus? *  How Do I Detect And Eliminate Computer Viruses? *  The Tools You’ll Need

TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION:

*  It is a program designed that does damage to your

computer.

INTRODUCTION

“It is a program that can infect other programs by

modifying them in such as to include itself.”

~ Quoted from Virus Safe

WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS?

a) Computer System / Boot Record Viruses *  attack parts of your computer used to run programs

b) Computer File Viruses

*  clings to various programs files *  sample files : .COM, .EXE, .DOC

c) Common Computer Virus Names

* Stoned, Love Bug, * Check “Data Fellows Computer Virus Information” * Check McAfee/Norton/TrendMicro website

COMPUTER VIRUS TYPES

*  Programs take longer to load than normal

*  Hard drive runs out of hard disk space

*  Files have strange names you don’t recognize

*  Conventional memory isles than it used to be

*  Programs run erratically

HOW DO I KNOW I HAVE A COMPUTER VIRUS?

*  Floppy disk *  Internet *  Email *  Networks

HOW CAN YOU "CATCH" A COMPUTER VIRUS?

*  Use anti virus software  

HOW DO I DETECT AND ELIMINATE COMPUTER VIRUSES?

* McAfee * Norton * TrendMicro (online)

THE TOOLS YOU'LL NEED: ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE

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