We hear horror stories about hackers who can gain control of your computer, which allows them to use it for criminal activities – even accessing your bank account and draining it. Can his happen? It is unlikely but it is…
Does the following sound familiar to you? You went for your annual anti-virus flu injection; you took your vitamin tablets regularly; and you went out of your way to stay out of the way of people with flu symptoms. In…
The good news is that many technology devices in a classroom are immune to computer viruses. These nasty e-bugs do not affect equipment such as data projectors, scanners, printers or interactive whiteboards. It is mainly your laptop or computer that…
The computer virus lends its name from the field of biology. In medical terms a virus is a minute infectious agent which lacks independent metabolism and is able to replicate only in a living host cell. A virus acts in…
The term spyware is used to describe a programme that is put on your laptop to gather information about you without your knowledge and consent – this information is then relayed to advertisers or other interested parties. The important thing…
In spite of all the measures you take to protect yourself against biological viruses – staying away from infected people, taking your vitamins regularly and getting anti-virus booster injections on time – you may still suffer a virus infection. That…
The best way to protect yourself against a biological virus is to stay away from it – avoid contact with anyone or anything that could possibly transmit a virus to you. The same principle applies to a computer virus. You…
In medical terms a virus is “a minute infectious agent which lacks independent metabolism and is able to replicate only in a living host cell.” A computer virus is similar. It is a small software programme, which has really no…
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