Viruses, malware adware and spyware are the scourge of modern computing. There are steps you can take to reduce the risk and protect yourself from infection, but sometimes despite our best efforts our computers can be infiltrated by malicious software known as a virus.
What is a virus?
A computer virus is an unwanted program that can replicate itself or move from one computer to another without the consent or knowledge of the user. Viruses can cause any number of problems from the mildly annoying and inconvenient to complete device failure, or theft of sensitive information. They come in many forms but are almost always intended to cause harm or take advantage of the affected device and its owner, often resulting in stolen personal information, data loss or device damage.
