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The virus which will destroy your data

By Jean Lewis, Tech writer, Laptopical.com

Computer viruses take place in many different shapes, from the ones which attempt to steal our
information to the ones which will actually delete all our precious data files. Every week sees the
development of a new type of virus, which is why anti-virus programs are updated on a daily basis
to counteract this very productive and ultimately damaging sector of the programming industry. This
article will take a look at the virus called CryptoLocker which can destroy our data, making it very
hard if not impossible to restore it to its original state.

Why are viruses created?

This is a question that is on a lot of people’s minds. Indeed, why would a person create such
program which only has negative consequences on people’s daily digital lives?

The most common reason is similar to why people commit crime; that is to make money out of
people’s weaknesses. But there also are other reasons.

Malware viruses such as key loggers are able to obtain people’s data and passwords by
reproducing the input which users type on their keyboards; mainly for the purpose of obtaining
private information such as passwords and other login details.

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