The world today is in the digital era. This is because, in this generation, everything which is done will involve the use of computers. Because even the computers which are used to work and replace what used to be done by humans, there are some problems that will arise from using them. The most important thing that firms working with computers observe is cybersecurity. It is because of cybersecurity that most firms which lack the IT department will have to employee external managed IT companies. The main things that make firms to look for good cybersecurity are computer viruses like crypto locker virus. This article focuses on the some of the computer viruses that you will encounter and that will need good cybersecurity.
One of the computer virus that was prevalent in the past and that which caused a lot of damages was called ILOVEYOU. The virus was witnessed in the year 200 when the computer literacy among the world’s population was still low. This virus was made by two Filipino computer programmers, Reonel Ramones and Onel de Guzman. This virus could come as an attachment in the email written ILOVEYOU. If one tried to open this file, the virus would send itself to different people in the user’s contact list, and by this way it spread in the whole world. The virus was said to have a caused damage worth ten billion dollars, and that is why the law governing e-commerce and online world was created.
Another lethal computer virus is the crypto locker virus. No other computer has been found to be more deadly than the crypto locker virus. This is why crypto locker virus is categorized as trojan horse ransomware. When this virus enters your computer, it will begin to encrypt files and make them unable to open. You could do away with the virus, but still, the files will not open. To unencrypt the files, you will have to pay the online server that will release the decryption codes.
The other computer virus to be aware of is called flashback. This virus was famous among others because it was the only one who attacked even the computer brands which other viruses could not attack. With this virus, it was dated back in 2011, when it started as a fake flash installation notification popping up in computers. In case the installation was made, the virus would spread in the computer system and attempt to steal password and other useful and sensitive information in the computer. This virus is less harmful but become popular because it infected all computer brands.