Computer Viruses

A computer virus is a program that attaches itself to, overwrites and/or otherwise replaces another program in order to reproduce itself without the knowledge of the computer user. Generally, the first thing a virus does is attach itself to other executable files in such a way that the virus code is in effect when the infected files are run. Viruses may be written to multiply, to damage other programs, or to alter certain data. …

…computer users surfing the Internet or uploading files from disks, you need to be aware of the threat of computer viruses and protect yourself accordingly. ** B I B L I O G R A P H Y **  Symantec Corporation, (2000), Norton AntiVirus (v 5.01.01)  CNET Corporation,(2000), (WWW), “All you need to know about computer viruses”, www.cnet.com, (accessed 14 September 2000)  Camilleri, W.L., (2000), (WWW), “Computer Viruses”, CHASS, http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/chass/virues.html, (accessed 11 September 2000)