Viruses are a constant threat to any computer system. It is more to the Windows based PC don’t mean that viruses doesn’t exist for other operating systems. If something is coded by a human then a virus can be created for it by another one. It is a universal truth. I remember an an article in Digit magazine about a MAC server put up by someone and challenged the world to hack it. It was hacked within 8 hours. So no system is hacker proof actually. There are test viruses for Linux based phones also.
Why do Virus writers always prefer Windows.
For one it is the most popular Operating System. Another thing is that there are many virus creation tools for Windows. And there are many Windows users who don’t update Windows so an old hole will always be there that has not been mended. Add to this some foolish features in the name of User friendliness and you can easily figure out why there are so many Viruses for Windows.
Since Viruses are so widespread the next best thing to do is to safeguard your computer against infection. And that is exactly the reason I am writing this series of posts on Viruses. In this posts I will try to tell you how you can prevent an infection or recover your system after the infection. Please read all the posts in this series to get a full understanding. I will give you the list of Viruses that I have met with and will show you how to remove them and also how to prevent viruses from spreading.
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