Viruses

=Viruses=


 * Viruses**- Computer viruses are computer programs that can copy itself and infect your computer through a host. The viruses are sent using a host over a network, the internet, or by using a floppy disk, cd, or USB cable. Today, the world wide web, e-mail, and file sharing are all social networks which are used to spread viruses. Computer viruses can corrupt data but can also only do as little as sending random text. Computer viruses take up memory and will cause some problem for the user. Viruses can also lead to a system crash where you lose all of your data. Windows operating systems have by far the most viruses, with the Mac OSX having a few tailor made for the system, and Linux comes in last with very little possibilities for viruses.

Here are a couple of videos that may help you understand what a virus really is:


 * Video 1**

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 * Video 2**

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