State the types of destructions/damages caused by a virus attack

      

State the types of destructions/damages caused by a virus attack

  

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Francis
- Delete or modify data, information & files on storage devices (disks) or memory during normal program execution, e.g., may attack the format of a disk making any program or data on it impossible to recover.
- Systematically destroy all the data in the computer memory.
- Might lock the keyboard.
- Can change keystroke values or data from other I/O devices, e.g., change the effect of SHIFT key.
- Delete characters displayed on a visual display.
- Uses up computer memory/space, hence slowing down its performance or causing the system to crash.
- Changes colour of the display.
- Cause boot failure.
francis1897 answered the question on March 14, 2023 at 12:36


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