Viruses are harmful and can destroy data, slow down system resources, and log keystrokes.Ĭybercriminals aren’t creating new viruses all the time, instead they focus their efforts on more sophisticated and lucrative threats.
For instance, you could receive an email with a malicious attachment, open the file unknowingly, and then the computer virus runs on your computer. A computer virus is a type of malware that attaches to another program (like a document), which can replicate and spread after a person first runs it on their system.
