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Computer virus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to...
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List of computer viruses - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
To aid the fight against computer viruses and other types of malicious software, many security advisory organizations and developers of anti-virus software compile and publish lists of viruses. A sing...
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CONGRESSIONAL VIRUS: The computer locks up, screen splits erratically with a message appearing on each half blaming the other side for the problem. ... ELVIS VIRUS: Your computer gets fat, slow and lazy, then self destructs; only to resurface at shopping malls and service stations across rural America.
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computer "worm," a short program that scours a network for idle processors. Designed to provide more efficient computer use, the worm is the ancestor of; modern worms -- destructive computer viruses that alter or erase data on;
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There are a few different types of computer viruses. The typical virus is the virus explained in the previous section. There are also email viruses, worms, and Trojan horses. ... One of the most impressive viruses to hit computers was the Melissa virus, which happened in March 1999. The virus was attached to a word...
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