Virus FAQ
The purpose of this FAQ is to help with questions you may have about viruses for Macintosh and IBM/compatible computers. If you need additional information or assistance beyond what is offered in this FAQ please contact your local support provider or Residential Information Technology Advisior.
Virus basics
- What is a virus?
- How does my computer get infected by a virus?
- What are the most common types of viruses?
- What is a macro virus?
- What is a boot sector infector?
- What is a file infector?
- What does antiviral software do?
- I think that my system may have a virus but my software doesn't detect it. My friend's software package detects a virus but my antiviral software doesn't see anything. What should I do?
Is my system infected?
- How can I tell if my computer has been infected by a virus?
- What are common symptoms to look for?
- If I think my computer is infected who do I tell or who can I ask for
help?
How to remove a virus
- How do I make a boot disk?
- How do I remove a macro virus?
- How do I remove a boot sector virus?
- How do I remove a file infector virus?
- How do I remove a virus from my floppy disk?
- How do I make sure my disks, files, and computer are now virus free?
How to protect your computer
- What is the supported antiviral software?
- How do I protect my computer against viral infections?
For more information about viruses
Visit the sites listed below for information on the University's supported antiviral package and for general virus information.
- RG Software Inc. is the author of
Vi-Spy,
the University's supported antiviral product for Windows 95/Windows 3.1/DOS.
- The Data Fellows web site provides virus news updates and a virus information database.
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