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−	~~AEFUHEWUISFHIUSHFUIEHIUFHS~~	+	A computer virus is a item that can infect your computer and delete essential files or programs. Some viruses can be a hoax or joke, others can be vital to your computer's system. The differences between the other malicious things on the Internet (for example a [[Trojan Horse]]), is that viruses can clone themselves to make them harder to get rid of. Some viruses can bundle multiple malicious files with them.
		+
		+
		+	== Types ==
		+
		+	===Trojan Horse===
		+	''Main Article: [[Trojan Horse]]''
		+
		+	A Virus that installs secretly to allow a [[backdoor]] to your computer. Thus, it could now install [[Botnets]], [[Malware]], [[Adware]], [[Keylogger\|Keyloggers]], etc. Computers are usually infected by downloading it as a bundle.
		+
		+	===Adware===
		+	''Main Article: [[Adware]]''
		+
		+	A virus that plays, or shows unwanted ads, like [[Popups\|popups]]. It typically slows down your computer. Some [[Adware]] display ads that have links to [[Malware]].
		+
		+	===Spyware===
		+	''Main Article: [[Spyware]]''
		+
		+	A term used to describe software that performs certain behaviors without appropriately obtaining your consent first, such as advertising, [[Personally Identifiable Information (PII)\|PII]] harvesting and changing the configuration of your computer.
		+
		+	====Keyloggers====
		+	''Main article: [[Keylogger]]''
		+
		+	Programs that record all of your keystrokes, and sometimes mouse movements and images of your screen. This is obviously bad, since they record your financial information, passwords, and the like.
		+
		+	==Avoiding getting infected==
		+	Have a regular scan of your computer with an anti-badware product [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software like these products.]
		+
		+	You might also want to see [http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/1579-what-antivirus-do-you-have this topic] on what the WOT community has to say.
		+
		+	As for anti-adware, [http://www.lavasoft.com/ Lavasoft Ad-Aware] is a good choice. Also, [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Spybot Search and Destroy] is notable.
		+
		+	====The HOSTS file====
		+	You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file, located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
		+
		+	Example: typing something like "127.0.0.1" or "website.com" would result in "website.com" always redirecting to "127.0.0.1" (localhost).
		+
		+	Be sure to not to save your HOSTS file using "Save As", because it won't work if the extension is .txt
		+
		+	==See also==
		+
		+	[[Online_tools\|Online Tools]]

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−	A computer virus is a item that can infect your computer and delete essential files or programs. Some viruses can be a hoax or joke, others can be vital to your computer's system. The differences between the other malicious things on the Internet (for example a [[Trojan Horse]]), is that viruses can clone themselves to make them harder to get rid of. Some viruses can bundle multiple malicious files with them.	+	AEFUHEWUISFHIUSHFUIEHIUFHS
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−	~~== Types ==~~
−
−	~~===Trojan Horse===~~
−	~~''Main Article: [[Trojan Horse]]''~~
−
−	A Virus that installs secretly to allow a [[backdoor]] to your computer. Thus, it could now install [[Botnets]], [[Malware]], [[Adware]], [[Keylogger\|Keyloggers]], etc. Computers are usually infected by downloading it as a bundle.
−
−	~~===Adware===~~
−	~~''Main Article: [[Adware]]''~~
−
−	~~A virus that plays, or shows unwanted ads, like [[Popups\|popups]]. It typically slows down your computer. Some [[Adware]] display ads that have links to [[Malware]].~~
−
−	~~===Spyware===~~
−	~~''Main Article: [[Spyware]]''~~
−
−	A term used to describe software that performs certain behaviors without appropriately obtaining your consent first, such as advertising, [[Personally Identifiable Information (PII)\|PII]] harvesting and changing the configuration of your computer.
−
−	~~====Keyloggers====~~
−	~~''Main article: [[Keylogger]]''~~
−
−	~~Programs that record all of your keystrokes, and sometimes mouse movements and images of your screen. This is obviously bad, since they record your financial information, passwords, and the like.~~
−
−	~~==Avoiding getting infected==~~
−	~~Have a regular scan of your computer with an anti-badware product [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software like these products.]~~
−
−	~~You might also want to see [http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/1579-what-antivirus-do-you-have this topic] on what the WOT community has to say.~~
−
−	~~As for anti-adware, [http://www.lavasoft.com/ Lavasoft Ad-Aware] is a good choice. Also, [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Spybot Search and Destroy] is notable.~~
−
−	~~====The HOSTS file====~~
−	~~You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file, located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc~~
−
−	~~Example: typing something like "127.0.0.1" or "website.com" would result in "website.com" always redirecting to "127.0.0.1" (localhost).~~
−
−	~~Be sure to not to save your HOSTS file using "Save As", because it won't work if the extension is .txt~~
−
−	~~==See also==~~
−
−	~~[[Online_tools\|Online Tools]]~~

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-A computer virus is a program, file, etc. that can infect your computer, and can delete essential files or programs. Some viruses can be a hoax or joke, others can be vital to your computer's system. The differences between the other malicious things on the Internet (for example a [[Trojan Horse]]), is that viruses can clone themselves to make them harder to get rid of. Some viruses can bundle multiple malicious files with them.
+A computer virus is a item that can infect your computer and delete essential files or programs. Some viruses can be a hoax or joke, others can be vital to your computer's system. The differences between the other malicious things on the Internet (for example a [[Trojan Horse]]), is that viruses can clone themselves to make them harder to get rid of. Some viruses can bundle multiple malicious files with them.
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 ''Main Article: [[Trojan Horse]]''
-The goal of a [[Trojan Horse]] virus is to install itself secretly, to allow a [[backdoor]] to your computer. Thus, it could now do a number of things, [[Botnets]], [[Malware]], [[Adware]], [[Keylogger|Keyloggers]], etc. Computers are usually infected by downloading them bundled with some other software.
+A Virus that installs secretly to allow a [[backdoor]] to your computer. Thus, it could now install [[Botnets]], [[Malware]], [[Adware]], [[Keylogger|Keyloggers]], etc. Computers are usually infected by downloading it as a bundle.
 ===Adware===
 ''Main Article: [[Adware]]''
-A virus that plays, or shows unwanted ads. An example would be [[Popups|Pop-ups/Pop-unders]]. It typically slows down your computer. Some [[Adware]] display ads that have links to [[Malware]].
+A virus that plays, or shows unwanted ads, like [[Popups|popups]]. It typically slows down your computer. Some [[Adware]] display ads that have links to [[Malware]].
 ===Spyware===
 ''Main Article: [[Spyware]]''
-A term used to describe software that performs certain behaviors, generally without appropriately obtaining your consent first, such as advertising, collecting [[Personally Identifiable Information (PII)|personal information]], and changing the configuration of your computer.
+A term used to describe software that performs certain behaviors without appropriately obtaining your consent first, such as advertising, [[Personally Identifiable Information (PII)|PII]] harvesting and changing the configuration of your computer.
 ====Keyloggers====
 ''Main article: [[Keylogger]]''
-A program that records all of your keystrokes, and sometimes even mouse movements and images of your screen. This is obviously bad, since it records your financial information, passwords, and the like.
+Programs that record all of your keystrokes, and sometimes mouse movements and images of your screen. This is obviously bad, since they record your financial information, passwords, and the like.
 ==Avoiding getting infected==
-Have a regular scan of your computer with an anti-virus/adware/malware.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software]
+Have a regular scan of your computer with an anti-badware product [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software like these products.]
-You might also want to see this topic, on what the WOT community has to say:
+You might also want to see [http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/1579-what-antivirus-do-you-have this topic] on what the WOT community has to say.
 As for anti-adware, [http://www.lavasoft.com/ Lavasoft Ad-Aware] is a good choice. Also, [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Spybot Search and Destroy] is notable.
 ====The HOSTS file====
-You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file. The HOSTS file is in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
+You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file, located at C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
 Example: typing something like "127.0.0.1" or "website.com" would result in "website.com" always redirecting to "127.0.0.1" (localhost).
-Be sure to save your HOSTS file NOT using "Save As", because it won't work if the extension is .txt
+Be sure to not to save your HOSTS file using "Save As", because it won't work if the extension is .txt
-----
+==See also==
-[[Online_tools]]
+[[Online_tools|Online Tools]]

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-A computer virus is a program, file, ect. that can infect your computer, and can delete essential files or programs. Some viruses can be a hoax or joke, others can be vital to your computer's system. The differences between the other malicious things on the Internet (for example a [[Trojan Horse]]), is that viruses can clone themselves to make them harder to get rid of. Some viruses can bundle multiple malicious files with them.
+A computer virus is a program, file, etc. that can infect your computer, and can delete essential files or programs. Some viruses can be a hoax or joke, others can be vital to your computer's system. The differences between the other malicious things on the Internet (for example a [[Trojan Horse]]), is that viruses can clone themselves to make them harder to get rid of. Some viruses can bundle multiple malicious files with them.
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 ''Main article: [[Keylogger]]''
-A program that records all of your keystrokes, and sometimes even mouse movements, and images of your screen. This is obviously bad, since it records your financial information, passwords, and the like.
+A program that records all of your keystrokes, and sometimes even mouse movements and images of your screen. This is obviously bad, since it records your financial information, passwords, and the like.
 ==Avoiding getting infected==
-Having a regular scan of your computer with an anti-virus, and anti-adware/malware.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software]
+Have a regular scan of your computer with an anti-virus/adware/malware.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software]
 You might also want to see this topic, on what the WOT community has to say:
 [http://www.mywot.com/en/forum/1579-what-antivirus-do-you-have]
-As for anti-adware, LavaSoft is a good choice[http://www.lavasoft.com/]. Also, Spybot search and Destroy
+As for anti-adware, [http://www.lavasoft.com/ Lavasoft Ad-Aware] is a good choice. Also, [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html Spybot Search and Destroy] is notable.
-====More ways to protect your system====
+====The HOSTS file====
-You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file. The HOSTS file on Windows XP is in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
+You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file. The HOSTS file is in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
 Example: typing something like "127.0.0.1" or "website.com" would result in "website.com" always redirecting to "127.0.0.1" (localhost).
-Be sure to save your hosts file NOT using "Save As", because it won't work if the extension is .txt
+Be sure to save your HOSTS file NOT using "Save As", because it won't work if the extension is .txt
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	[[Online_tools]]		[[Online_tools]]
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−	~~[http://www.online-spyware-removal.com Online Spyware Removal]~~

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	[[Online_tools]]		[[Online_tools]]
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		+	[http://www.online-spyware-removal.com Online Spyware Removal]

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 The goal of a [[Trojan Horse]] virus is to install itself secretly, to allow a [[backdoor]] to your computer. Thus, it could now do a number of things, [[botnets]], malware, [[Adware]], keyloggers, etc. Computers are usually infected by downloading them bundled with some other software.
 ===Adware===
 ''Main Article: [[Adware]]''
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 ====2====
-You can also block bad websites, too, using the HOSTS file.
+You can also block harmful websites too, using the HOSTS file. The HOSTS file on Windows XP is in: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
-Tip:be sure to save your hosts file NOT using save as, because it won't work if the extension is .txt
+Example: typing something like "127.0.0.1" or "website.com" would result in "website.com" always redirecting to "127.0.0.1" (localhost).

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 ==Avoiding getting infected==
-.Having a regular scan of your computer with an anti-virus, and anti-adware/malware.
+.Having a regular scan of your computer with an anti-virus, and anti-adware/malware.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_antivirus_software]
 You might also want to see this topic, on what the WOT community has to say: