What is a Computer Virus – Information on Computer Viruses

A computer virus is much like our biological viruses. A computer virus is a produce of the information age. A virus is man made and is also known as a piece of code with set instructions, once the conditions are met that cause the code to start working, then those set instructions are carried out. A well written computer virus can do anything from delete a simple file to the reformatting of an entire hard drive. To...

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Most Famous Computer Viruses Ever

They are a nemesis. They dangerous. They cause havoc. They destroy data and make you lose your hard earned money. They make computers sick. They are the virtual diseases. Computer viruses have been around since long time. As the time progressed, viruses became more and more sophisticated, harder to stop and more destructive. The damage caused by these self-replicating programs is such that a parallel industry of anti-virus makers has come of...

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BEWARE OF ROGUE, ANTI-VIRUS, SCAREWARE

Rogue Anti-virus programs (also called “Scareware”) are spreading like wildfire. These programs pretend to be legitimate anti-virus programs, and lock users out their software, making the computer inoperable. They then warn that the computer is infested with viruses, and that you need to activate the program by giving them your credit card. DON’T GIVE THEM YOUR CARD! These are fake programs created by criminals...

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How to fix if DELL Laptop not recognizing adopter which is working on other laptops

Hi friends, Today I'm going to share a solution for DELL's Inspiron, Latitude, Studeo, XPS, Alienware or all other DELL laptop series which comes with the center pin power adapter 65W, 90W and 120W.As laptop turn switch on with charger plunged in (adapter). BIOS shows an error on start up screen. The AC power adapter wattage and type cannot be determinedThe battery may not charge The system...

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How to fix Dell BIOS 8 beep error.

In this post I'll  fix a Dell n5110 laptop that beeps on start-up but nothing comes on laptop display screen. This post will also help you to fix the same problem other Dell laptops.The beeps that come on start up that is a POST error generated by the BIOS.I download this table form the Dell support site in this table dell defined the cause for problem as the number of beep cod...

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How to fix USB port if still not working after tried everything with Windows/Mac and BIOS settings also.

Acommon problem that arises for computer users is dealing with the USB Devicenot recognized error. This error is thrown after an USB device is connected tothe computer but is not automatically detected.When the error occurs, the Windows Device Manager may also list the componentas an "unknown device" depending on the type of error.Orthe Laptop/Desktop completely unable to detected any...

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How to stop laptop overheating, if still overheats after cleaning dust.

There is two kinds of overheating.Component specific overheating, caused by CPU or Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).Overall temperature inside the laptop, caused by HDD and Battery.99.9% cases its CPU,GPU or North bridge (if no GPU present). But in these 99.9% cases sometimes its not just gets fixed by cleaning the dust from heat-sink vents.I am assuming you failed to fix overheating prob...

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