10 Worst Computer Viruses of All Time Computer viruses can be a nightmare. Some can wipe out the information on a hard drive‚ tie up traffic on a computer network for hours‚ turn an innocent machine into a zombie and replicate and send themselves to other computers. If you’ve never had a machine fall victim to a computer virus‚ you may wonder what the fuss is about. But the concern is understandable -- according to Consumer Reports‚ computer viruses helped contribute to $8.5 billion in consumer
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The Ten Commandments of Computer Ethics 1) Thou shalt not use a computer to harm other people: If it is unethical to harm people by making a bomb‚ for example‚ it is equally bad to write a program that handles the timing of the bomb. Or‚ to put it more simply‚ if it is bad to steal and destroy other people’s books and notebooks‚ it is equally bad to access and destroy their files. 2) Thou shalt not interfere with other people’s computer work: Computer viruses are small programs that
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The Mydoom virus (also known as a worm and as Win32.Mydoom.A) was a very damaging computer virus that affected Microsoft Windows-based computers. The worm was spread through mass emailing‚ disguised as badly sent email. Design and infection The virus was made to be sent in an email with an attachment that carried the virus. When the attachment was opened‚ the virus would download itself to the computer. The virus can only affect Windows based computers. The virus came with a package that would
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The Variola virus otherwise known as the Small pox is an enveloped protected DNA containing virus that causes severe illness. Small pox has a history dating back to prehistory times. It is believed to have appeared around 10‚000 BC in northeast Africa. Evidence was suggested by medical examination of mummies ; their skin appeared have contain skin lesions resembling those ones that have had small pox. The infection of the variola virus seemed uncontainable during the prehistory times and even during
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2011 The Stuxnet Virus The Stuxnet Virus Abstract: What diplomacy could not achieve‚ sanctions could not silent‚ and for which a military option was not viable‚ a cyber attack quietly accomplished. Kim Zetter an investigative reporter with Wired Magazine online calls Stuxnet‚ “a piece of software that would ultimately make history as the world’s first real cyberweapon.” (Zetter‚ 2011‚ sec. 1) In his article‚ Is “Stuxnet” the best malware ever? Gregg Keizer of Computer World says: “The
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http://www.net-security.org/article.php?id=485&p=3 {draw:frame} The information is in the ’Source system’ and must reach the ’Destination system’. The source system could be a floppy disk and the destination system could be the hard disk of a computer‚ or the origin an ISP in which a message is stored and the destination‚ the Windows communication system in the client machine‚ Winsock. The information interpretation system varies depending on whether it is implemented in operating systems
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CHAPTER ATLAS PGS. 282-289 KEY TOPIC LOCATION DESCRIPTION WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Great Rift Valley From Ethiopia to Mozambique Valleys with steep rifts on each side As it continues to shift‚ East Africa will become an island. Mt. Kilimanjaro Tanzania Snow-capped; near the equator; The highest mountain‚ Mt. Kilimanjaro’s name comes from Swahili & means shiny mt. Africa’s highest mountain Lake Victoria Surrounded by Tanzania‚ Kenya
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TROJAN HORSE VIRUS By: Kayla Adams Table of Contents INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 2 DEFINITON‚ HISTORY..................................................................................................................................... 3 PURPOSE‚ HOW TROJAN HORSE WORKS ............................................................................................
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A dangerous virus strong as Ebola is ready to spread throughout America and it is a dangerous airborne virus that could cause Outbreak. After an African monkey carrying a deadly Motaba virus enters U.S‚ and outbreak occurs in a California town. The Virus is lethal and able to kill human beings less than twenty-four hours and a team of doctors from Center of Disease Control try to control the disease. Disease experts Colonel Sam Daniels and his ex-wife Colonel Robbie Daniels try to control the spread
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Biological Determinism: The biological determinism theory is best displayed during the time period between 1865 and 1890. The icon that best demonstrates biological determinism is Darwin. The mid to late 1800s was a crucial time period for biological determinism because Charles Darwin came up with his idea of “Origin of the Species” in 1859 which Darwin discussed evolution and help set up the stage for ideas that promote heredity and biology as causes of criminal behavior. Although Darwin did not
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