{"id":433,"date":"2025-12-29T17:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/?page_id=433"},"modified":"2025-12-29T18:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T18:37:18","slug":"threats-to-computer-systems","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/threats-to-computer-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats to Computer Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Computer Viruses<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A computer virus is a malicious software that is self-replicating which infects programs, corrupts data, steals information and disrupts systems. Computer viruses spread to computers via a number of avenues. They are the following. Email, shared files or infected websites can carry viruses. Problematic computer issues are usually caused by them. One example is computer crashes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Malware<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malware is any program designed to harm, disrupt or gain unauthorized access to a computer system. Some examples are computer viruses, spyware, ransomware and worms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Worms are self-replicating malware. Like other forms of malware, they are designed to cause harm to computer systems they infect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Botnets<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A botnet is a network of infected devices with malware of a given type on them which is controlled by one entity. This entity is known as a cybercriminal or a bot herder. Botnets can infect laptops, PCs, cell phones and any device connected to the Internet. IoTs are devices that can be connected to the Internet through an Internet service provided by an ISP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computer Viruses A computer virus is a malicious software that is self-replicating which infects programs, corrupts data, steals information and disrupts systems. Computer viruses spread to computers via a number of avenues. They are the following. Email, shared files or infected websites can carry viruses. Problematic computer issues are usually caused by them. One example [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-433","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":448,"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/433\/revisions\/448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computerbasicshub.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}