Computer Viruses

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Term Paper Title	Computer Viruses
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Computer Viruses

Computer Viruses

It is morning.  You awaken to the sweet smell of  flowers and the sound of
birds chirping.  You turn on your new I B M compatible computer only to find
that every bit and byte of  information has been erased.  A computer virus has
struck.

Yes, these small bits of  computer code have slowly overtaken the world of
computing.  A computer virus is a small program that attaches itself to disks
and computer systems with instructions to do something abnormal.  Sometimes the
effects of a computer virus can be harmless.  Sometimes the effects of a
computer virus can be disastrous.  But whichever way you look at it they still
cause problems.  There are many kinds of computer viruses. Three of the most
common are the time bomb, the logic bomb and the Trojan horse.  The time bomb is
a virus triggered by the computers clock reaching a certain date and time (often
Friday the thirteenth).  The logic bomb is a virus triggered by a certain value
appearing a certain part of the computers memory, either relevant to the viruses
purposes or at random.  The Trojan horse is an innocent seeming program
deliberately infects with a virus and circulated publicly.  There is a cure for
these viruses, though.  These "cures" are called vaccines.  A vaccine is a
program that watches for typical things viruses do, halts them, and warns the
computer operator.

"Put a kid with the chicken pox together with a bunch of  healthy kids and not
all of them will get sick."  But that is not the case  with computer viruses.
You see when a computer virus passes on a virus it never fails unless the
computer is protected with a vaccine.  A typical computer virus spreads faster
than the chicken pox too.  Now as I said before when a computer virus attempts
to infect another computer the attack is not always successful.  However that
does not mean the infected computer stops trying.  An infected computer will
pass on the virus every chance it gets.  Computer viruses are spread by two
methods Floppy disks and modems.  A modem is a...

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