09-12-2016, 11:00 PM
Look, I've been around these webpages for nearly two decades, I've done my share of downloading (and uploading one time, but then I had to buy a new computer)
It's no exaggeration to say that I've downloaded at least 10 internet files, so I know what I'm talking about here.
You might see a link on a website like Google.com, and you think "that looks like a cool internet file" so you use your mouse to click on it and download it to your Internet Explorer (we used to call in an Internet EXPLODER because 90's kids were cooler), but no, you should never do that even when your parents say you can.
When you download a webfile your computer opens your modem ports (this is a technical term that is very complicated) to let the file save to your CPU (this is another technical term)
But when your modem ports are open hacker viruses can download THEMSELVES to your Internet Explorer, I have seen this happen, usually they are disguised as funny pictures of cats. You should definitely NEVER download a cat .jpg (that is hacker talk for "picture")
(pictures of dogs are safe because hackers are scared of dogs)
I have had several very expensive Microsoft Apple computers that have gotten sick with viruses because I downloaded on them. Because I am a computer expert I was able to properly clean the motherboard (that's where all your files are kept inside the computer), but that can be very dangerous because viruses can escape when you open the case and infect your phone, TV, webcam, etc.
If you absolutely have to download something (maybe because your teacher says so or because it's a photograph of a real ghost), always download it to a floppy disk. Because most computers don't use them anymore the virus was probably made on a laptop without a floppy disk drive, so it will get confused and go back to the internet.
Important note: this doesn't always work, because computer hackers are illegal they don't have jobs so they might not be able to buy a new computer without a disk drive. You are usually already safe in this case because modern computers are so advanced the virus will think it's on a spaceship and get scared and run away. (viruses don't work in space because NASA invented the internet)
It's no exaggeration to say that I've downloaded at least 10 internet files, so I know what I'm talking about here.
You might see a link on a website like Google.com, and you think "that looks like a cool internet file" so you use your mouse to click on it and download it to your Internet Explorer (we used to call in an Internet EXPLODER because 90's kids were cooler), but no, you should never do that even when your parents say you can.
When you download a webfile your computer opens your modem ports (this is a technical term that is very complicated) to let the file save to your CPU (this is another technical term)
But when your modem ports are open hacker viruses can download THEMSELVES to your Internet Explorer, I have seen this happen, usually they are disguised as funny pictures of cats. You should definitely NEVER download a cat .jpg (that is hacker talk for "picture")
(pictures of dogs are safe because hackers are scared of dogs)
I have had several very expensive Microsoft Apple computers that have gotten sick with viruses because I downloaded on them. Because I am a computer expert I was able to properly clean the motherboard (that's where all your files are kept inside the computer), but that can be very dangerous because viruses can escape when you open the case and infect your phone, TV, webcam, etc.
If you absolutely have to download something (maybe because your teacher says so or because it's a photograph of a real ghost), always download it to a floppy disk. Because most computers don't use them anymore the virus was probably made on a laptop without a floppy disk drive, so it will get confused and go back to the internet.
Important note: this doesn't always work, because computer hackers are illegal they don't have jobs so they might not be able to buy a new computer without a disk drive. You are usually already safe in this case because modern computers are so advanced the virus will think it's on a spaceship and get scared and run away. (viruses don't work in space because NASA invented the internet)