Viruses

by Abby Watson

When you hear the word virus, what do you think of? I bet you don’t think about the viruses you can get on the Internet. These viruses can do anything from causing some pop-ups When you start-up your computer to causing your entire system to crash.

Why do people make viruses? Because they want to make money, or they are just jerks, but money is more probable. How do they make money off of viruses? Well some companies that create anti-virus soft wear also make viruses so you have a reason to by their soft wear. While others make them because they want your to buy something from them or just to be annoying.

You can get viruses from just going to websites and you can get from the things you have downloaded. Sometimes it seems like for some sites, putting a cookie on your computer isn’t enough. (Cookies are files that are stored on your computer when you go to a website.) So they give you a virus that gives you a pop-up when you start up your computer or something else that is extremely annoying to say ‘I was here!’.

The nice thing is that you can get anti-virus soft wear to block these viruses and others to keep you reasonably safe. And as long as you keep updating you should be good. Another good idea is to scan every file you download or sometimes websites. Running your spy sweeper or ant virus once a week is also a smart move.

You can get viruses from any site and you never know how bad the virus cab be. Don’t be a victim and limit your use of likes that spammers give out or from people you don’t know. Over all it is a good idea not to trust people on the Internet.