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'''A virus''' is program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.
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A '''virus''' is program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.
  
 
It can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner (1).
 
It can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner (1).

Revision as of 19:51, 16 November 2011

A virus is program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.

It can copy itself and infect a computer without the permission or knowledge of the owner (1). A virus is capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer (2).


References

  1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_virus
  2. http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=computer%20virus