Maharaja Surajmal Institute, New Delhi, India

Abstract

: Any illegal activity using a computer or network is considered a cyber crime. It is possible that the computer was either employed as a tool or the primary object of the criminal act in some instances. Viruses infect computers when users open infected files and unknowingly copy themselves to other machines' hard drives. A cyber crime is the creation and use of a computer virus. The virus has the potential to spoil data on the computer, steal disk memory, access personal information, or even send information to the personal contacts of the computer user.Emails with virus attachments are the most common vectors for computer infections. Take the case of receiving an email including an attachment as an example. Your PC becomes infected the second you open the attachment. It is not always necessary to send a virus via email for it to propagate; in certain instances, all it takes is for a computer on a system personal network, like your workplace, to open the infection. A person m