THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER VIRUS ATTACKS AND ITS PREVENTIVE TECHNICS AMONG COMPUTER USERS

Abdulrahman  Shuaibu Aliyu; Muhammad Aminu  Umar; Babandi  Usman; Uba Yusuf  Magaji

Abdulrahman Shuaibu Aliyu Department of Computer Science Education Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi, Kano
Muhammad Aminu Umar Department of Computer Science Education Federal College of Education (Technical) Bichi, Kano
Babandi Usman Department of Computer Science College of Science and Technology, Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse
Uba Yusuf Magaji Department of Computer Science College of Science and Technology, Jigawa State Polytechnic, Dutse

Keywords: Virus, Detection, malicious, executable, Ransomware, threats

Abstract

Computer viruses reproduce and spread from computer to computer through storage medium and network having a detrimental effect, such as system corruption and/or data destruction. It is very difficult to prevent every computer from being attacked by viruses. Virus infects computers and other storage devices by replicating themselves in to a file and other executable programs. This paper discusses types of computer virus as well as the prevention and detections technics of computer viruses. It recommends that proper awareness of the virus attack, sensitizing the users, about suspicious website’s, unnecessary downloads from untrusted websites, the purchase of licensed software, proper security implementations and the regular update of computer applications as well as the operating system as some measures to avoid these viruses attack.