What is a Email-Virus?
What is a Email-Virus?
Explanation of virus
WHAT IS A VIRUS?
Virus is a little program who's activity can destruct/destroy some files and a computer system. If this program does not open, it's inactive and could not or will not destroy anything.
WHAT IS A VIRUS-EMAIL?
The virus program is brought to you by an email as attachment. It has a server itself (virus server). File virus attachments cannot go to another email, such as an email was sent by person to be as their attachment. It must be brought to you by email itself,that we called EMAIL Of VIRUS.
WHAT'S THEIR ADDRESS?
EMAIL OF VIRUS would be sent by any email address of any account, that it found and cracked from some mailbox or address-book of other person anywhere. So that why the email of virus looks like it was sent by your friend..... even it is able to email a virus by your own email address.
HOW TO SEE IS THAT A VIRUS ATTACHMENT?
To identification of virus attachment:
- it has a small size ( <150KB )
- it has extension file name such as below:
*.scr
*.clp
*.pif
*.bat
*.exe
*.com
*.txt
*.doc
*.lhz
*.rhz
*.HXQ
and some time it's compressed by *.zip file. Also by the fake name HotMovie.MPEG_ _________ scr. Actually the file is virus file with extension .scr.
Note : All Files with Extensions .txt , .exe , .doc are not Virus.
HOW TO SEE IS THAT AN EMAIL VIRUS?
You are would able to understand an email virus from their SUBJECT, most of them contains an amazing statement or unusual word, such as below:
- Weah ^_^ )
- Hokki=)
- Hi
- ello!=))
- Hello -:))
- Hey, dude, it's me ^_^
- access Mpeg
- Re:your text
- Re:Text message
- Re:Msg reply
- Re:Is that your document?
- Re:Hot Movie(MPEG)
- Re:Information. ..
- Re;Important info
- Re:This is your photos!:)
and more, and more...
If you received emails with the subject matter as above, you should delete even without opening.
Easiest & safest way is.. Let your mail provider check it for virus.. For example.. Gmail & Yahoo will give you a message as "Failed to scan the file".
NOTE:
Don't have words in your email subject which resembles a virus mail Otherwise your email would be deleted by recipients .
BEWARE it's dangerous.
If one of your file is infected by virus, it will change into function of a virus and might infect all files in your hard disk.