WHAT IS COMPUTER VIRUS A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware‚ including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network
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The computer is the invention of the 20th century. These mechanical brains are everywhere around us and play a big part in our life. The impact they created and still create on society is limitless. To talk about only a few‚ the exchange of information‚ the medicine as well as the education have been profoundly change by this invention. Firstly‚ it is logical to say that with billions of pages available to any user‚ Internet far surpasses all informational databases or libraries in the world. From books
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SOURCES OF COMPUTER VIRUS Virus infection in Computers can be contacted through different means. Below are the commonest causes of Computer Virus attack. 1. Through the internet: The easiest and quickest means of spreading Computer Virus is through the internet. Basically through downloaded files and documents. When the source of a document is not trusted it should not be downloaded. If at all it will be downloaded it has to be thoroughly scanned for virus with a reliable anti-virus Software. 2.
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The Impact Of Computers In Today’s Society Tran Nguyen Professor Roman Dody CIS 105 13 December 2010 The Impact of Computers In Today’s Society Computer‚ as the term is most commonly used‚ refers to the digital computer‚ an electronic device that makes lengthy or complicated calculations at high speeds and (except for certain small models) is also able to make decisions based on logic. A less common type of computer is the analog computer. A digital computer forms the core of a
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Computer viruses are‚ like their biological namesake‚ programs that infect your system and multiply. Viruses have many symptoms: some can simply slow down your computer whilst others can have more severe effects like moving documents and/or deletion of documents or programs. No matter the severity of the virus and its symptoms they should be dealt with by an up-to-date anti-virus program and security software‚ as systems with out-of-date protection are more susceptible and at risk. Computer viruses
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Computer Virus “A true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance.” Computer virus has now become widespread. It’s almost everywhere in every computer. It is one of the major problems of the computer users. Viruses are like the disease of the computer. Letting the virus in it can cause harm or even destroy all files stored in the computer. Virus infection costs millions even billions of money if virus penetrates into major servers like government database system
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Computers have made such an enormous impact on our society today. There isn’t a place where you can turn where there isn’t a computer involved. In the present time‚ most businesses rely on computers and it’s similar technology. This field of technology has been so advanced within the past few years that it has been the primary tool in successful businesses. Not only does it make daily annoying tasks easy with a click of a button‚ it also makes traveling to the moon simpler. To think that we lived
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Different Types of Computer Viruses Computer virus is a software program written with malicious intentions. There are number of computer viruses that can impede the functioning of your computer system. Let us find out the different types of computer viruses. Did You Know? In 2010‚ Stuxnet virus targeted Siemens Industrial Software and Equipment. There are allegations that this virus is a part of a U.S. and Israeli intelligence operation named "Operation Olympic Games" and it hit Iran’s nuclear
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Impact of Computers On Society 2010 The concept of a computing device was there since the 19th century but the actual device was not invented until the 1930s. The computers invented at that time served as a project to simplify scientific calculations and they fulfilled that task quite perfectly. Later on these were used to store data such as the process and calculations. At that time‚ people knew that this device was something which will never die like every important invention does for eg
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Home » News » Technology News » Negative Effects of Violent Video Games May Build Over Time Negative Effects of Video Games Most of the bad effects of video games are blamed on the violence they contain. Children who play more violent video games are more likely to have increased aggressive thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behaviors‚ and decreased prosocial helping‚ according to a scientific study (Anderson & Bushman‚ 2001). The effect of video game violence in kids is worsened by the games’ interactive
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