What is a Virus?

ByKate Rollins

 

  • A virus is a small piece of software that piggybacks on real programs.
  • An email virus  travels as an attachment and usually replicates itself by automatically mailing itself to dozens of people in the victims e-mail address book.
  • Regular monitoring and detection blocks and prevents a computer virus from activating.

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