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Essay Archive - Computer Viruses
Computer Viruses
(anonymous)
The term usually used to define a computer virus is:
' A computer virus is often malicious software which
replicates itself'
[ Podell 1987 for similar definition ]
- 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 P....
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