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Computer viruses are unwanted software programs or pieces of code that interfere with the functioning of the computer. They spread through contaminated files, data, and insecure networks. Once it enters your system, it can replicate to produce copies of itself to spread from one program to another program and from one infected computer to another computer. So, we can say that it is a self-replicating computer program that interferes with the functioning of the computer by infecting files, data, programs, etc.
There are many antiviruses, which are programs that can help you protect your machine from viruses. It scans your system and cleans the viruses detected during the scan. Some of the popular antiviruses include Avast, Quickheal, McAfee, Kaspersky, etc.