One of the big challenges in India in confronting computer viruses is to educate users effectively. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire survey, carried out in India in 2014 specifically in Jodhpur(Raj),India investigating the knowledge of people and attitudes towards computer viruses and virus protection and addressing the problems faced by users. Out of 127 questionnaires distributed through online and hard copies, to the people who used computers in daily life, a total of 96 respondents had taken part in answering the questionnaires. The main aims of this analysis was to examine the computer virus awareness among users in Jodhpur(Raj), India and the impact computer viruses has caused. The result of a questionnaire analysis shows that the viruses have a big impact to the users especially when they were unable to perform their daily routine work . The study also shows that users have just an average knowledge of computer viruses so we enlightened them about various symptoms and prevention techniques of virus attacks. The study also educates them about basic requirements of good antivirus software.

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