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January 17, 2012 by admin

computer viruses

WHAT IS A COMPUTER VIRUS:

The term usually used to define a computer virus is:’ A computer virus is often malicious software which replicates itself’

- COMPUTER VIRUSES ARE BASICALLY PROGRAMS, LIKE A SPREADSHEET OR A WORD PROCESSOR.

- PROGRAMS WHICH CAN INSERT EXECUTABLE COPIES OF ITSELF INTO OTHER PROGRAMS.

- PROGRAMS THAT MANIPULATES PROGRAMS, MODIFIES OTHER PROGRAMS AND REPRODUCE ITSELF IN THE PROCESS.

Comparing Biological viruses & Computer viruses

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