What is a computer crime?

Assalam o Alaikum my dear friends, brothers and sisters, today we are going to learn about computer crime and computer security. You may be thinking about computer criming but you don't know that computer can also be hacked or crimed by hackers which is very dangerous for our privacy security. But, we can avoid this by acting upon some instructions which we are going to discuss in today's article so please take deep interest in this article.

⏩What is a computer crime?

Computer crime, or cybercrime, is an ever-growing phenomenon that can affect anyone who uses a computer. It refers to any type of illegal activity or misuse of digital devices in which a user takes advantage of someone else's data or infiltration of private networks for their own malicious purposes. Common examples include identity theft, hacking into bank accounts and computers, the sale of stolen or counterfeit items on the internet and spreading viruses through email. With the rapid growth and ubiquity of technology and the internet both in our personal lives and business dealings, it is essential to be aware of what constitutes a computer crime and how we can protect ourselves.

A computer crime can be any illegal or unauthorised activity the data or personal informations saved in a computer are hacked or accessed without permission of the user. It can be of different types and is divided into three main categories:

1. First computer crime is using of an computer as an object.

2. In which the computer is used as a subject.

3. In which computer is used an an istrument.

Now friends, you may have come to know that what actually computer crime is and now we are going to learn about Hacking and who is a hacker?

⏩HACKING:

Hacking means breaking into a computer or email account without the permission of the owner of the computer or email account. It's very dangerous as it is used to access or autorizxe the stored information for illegal purposes.

HACKERS:

People who attempt hacking are generally known as hackers. They are basically programmers who usually creates programmes and applications that are used for hacking.

Now let's learn about computer virus

⏩COMPUTER VIRUS:

Computer virus is a programme which infects or harms a computer in several ways. A virus can be transmitted from one computer to the other through removal storage devices, networks or the internet, and some viruses also have the ability to copy themselves from one directory of computer to another.

⏩Anti-virus:

An antivirus is a software that is used to prevent, detect and remove any virus that may affect a computer seriously. The most commonly known antiviruses today are Avast! and AVG.

⏩What is Phishing?

Phising is a term that is used to describe the act of trying to get private information from a person. This is done by various methods and most common method generallu used is e-mail.

⏩What really Pharming Is?

Pharming is a way of collecting personal or private information of people by misdirecting them to a fake or a scam website and then asking them to give their personal informations like names, address, credit card number etc in a questionnaire.

⏩COMPUTER SECURITY:

Computer security or computer safety is the process of preventing and detecting illegal use of a computer. But it can be prevented if we take precautionary measurements. Prevention methods help us to to stop unauthorised users also known as intruders, hackers, attackers, or crackers from a accessing any part of your computer system.

So friends today we learnt about computer security, computer crime, pharming, phishing etc and I hope you may find this article helpful in computer problems. Thanks for reading this article and you want to learn more about computer issues just write your name and email in below comment section!

Common computer crimes include using someone else’s software illegally, hacking into sites and computers, sending threatening emails or messages, spamming and spreading viruses. Computer crime is one of the fastest growing crimes worldwide and it can affect both individuals and companies. Most countries have laws to protect people under cyber crime; however, these can vary from one country to another. It is important that you report any suspicious activity you may come across so that preventative measures can be taken to protect your privacy on the Internet.