Internet Viruses

Essay # 57851

Computer and Technology > Internet
Computer and Technology > Networks
Computer and Technology > Technology

Internet Viruses

A review of Internet viruses and how to protect the computer against them.

918 words () | 4 sources | MLA | 2005 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper examines how the Internet, while it is a useful tool, is also much like an open sea with predators lurking in every corner. It looks at how these predators are called computer viruses and how they exist to damage data on your hard drive, delete files, and sometimes even steal personal information about the user. It provides an overview of the different types of viruses, such as boot, program, and script viruses and also discusses anti-virus programs.

From the Paper:

"A human virus, when attacking a body, exists only for one purpose. This purpose is to replicate. Once it has successfully attacked a cell (or cells) in the body, it begins to transcript its DNA over and over, creating many copies of itself. These virus copies eventually spread to infect the person. Computer viruses are all manmade. They simply reproduce over and over again, which may seem to be relatively harmless, but even these can crash a computer system. Some viruses are not active until the user starts the infected application. Some viruses become active when your computer is turned on, and stay active until you turn your computer off."