Computer viruses

Julio Contreras What is a computer virus? Sometimes the term "virus" is misused. Some people tend to use the word "virus" to refer to anything undesirable that can happen to a computer, but this is not completely accurate. Viruses are short programs that are not accidental. Someone, somewhere, has purposely designed them, usually with malicious intent. It is usually copied and passed along many times before it reveals its existence. "A virus is any program …

…Dr. Solomon's - on-line Dr. Solomon's - The Virus Tutorial Here are some of the books that I used while doing my research: "RxPC The Anti-Virus Handbook." by Janet Endrijonas "Computer Viruses, Worms, Data Diddlers, Killer Programs, and Other Threats to Your System. What They Are, How They Work, and How to Defend Your PC, Mac, or Mainframe." by John McAfee and Colin Haynes "Computers Under Attack: Intruders, Worms and Viruses" by Peter J Denning.