by Charles Nwokoma | Mar 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
What is malware? Malware is shorthand for malicious software. It is software developed by cyber attackers with the intention of gaining access or causing damage to a computer or network, often while the victim remains oblivious to the fact there’s been a...
by Charles Nwokoma | Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
How to Prevent Computer Virus Infection A computer virus is a software program which is able to replicate itself and spread from one infected computer to another or cause your computers firewall to be compromised and open to attackers. The infected objects can be...
by Charles Nwokoma | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Like the Ika-Tako, Nimda, admin spelled backward, was also a virus which would replace many icons, however, this time it was with skulls. What made this virus even more interesting, however, was that it didn’t even limit itself to just computers, but it even...
by Charles Nwokoma | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sasser was another worm virus that made itself known in 2004. The virus was used to scan through multiple IP addresses; then once it found a proper victim, it would find and attack any other IP addresses or systems that were in contact with that one. By doing this, it...
by Charles Nwokoma | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
This was another virus that targeted mainly Mac computers. However, it had intentions that weren’t as peaceful. In 2011, Flashback disguised itself as a fake flash extension and would mainly target those who had Java enabled, which was pretty much every...
by Charles Nwokoma | Jan 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Magmag was a virus that surprisingly, was not all that bad to have on your computer. As crazy as that may sound. The MacMag virus latched itself onto your computer with one goal only, and that was to spread the word of world peace. MacMag limited itself to only Mac...
