There are times these viruses pitch up in the middle of the night just like an old Hitchcock movie when you are doing an all nighter with a deadline for the next day. The mouse pointer on the screen starts to move - you look down and your physical mouse hasn't moved, you put it down to tiredness and wondering if the coffee has now got you on a buzz . There it is again the mouse pointer suddenly moves again. You start to look around and wonder what could be causing this... Your hair on the back of your neck starts to stand up straight and you shiver and there it is again, this time the mouse just goes bizerk!.... Then suddenly the whole computer dies just before your eyes, leaving you in this rather under light room. You are still standing there in shock when the computer lights up with a black screen with the words "your operating system cannot be found!"
Well sooner or later Hitchcock will solve the mystery of the lost operating system... and poor man who is dead in the water with his boss for not completing the project at hand.
This is the case of the computer virus someone has just found - viruses are little programs written by programmers which are malicious hence the word virus. There are programmers who test each others skills and see how many computers they can infect over a 24 hours period. However, I have since heard they are writing virus programs to see how long they can go undetected and basically get under the radar of an anti-virus program... Anti-Virus companies have to work even harder than these malicious programmers to pull off this game of chess to see who wins. This is why it is so important to keep your computers completely updated... as the companies who run anti-virus software are going to work at winning this game as soon as possible as their reputation is at stake. Their job is to deliver and find a way to counter act these malicious viruses.
There are other programmers who target large corporations like Microsoft - someone who just hate something about the company and anything to do with it. In some cases a disgruntled employee.
This is an ongoing affair with programmers who love to out wit each other in their challenge to see who is the best. Unfortunately it is the public that suffers the chance of loosing their jobs in a crucial project, because of a boss who is unwilling to listen. Many of us have to suffer the inconvenience of work lost, time lost, and money spent to repair the damage. My husband is a computer engineer constantly having to repair this sort of damage on a regular basis. It is both costly and time consuming if you want your data back and in some cases if you are lucky enough to get it back.
Only you can stop yourself from being the Man dead in the water with a boss ready to fire you or a company in a boat without a paddle - keep your computers updated and find an Anti-Virus program that helps you ahead of the crowd!
Graduated as a Graphic Artist who worked in many different industries such as advertizing, travel and computers. After many years in the corporate world, she decided to start her own company working as an independent online marketer.
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