Computer Viruses

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The writer proposes that the best strategy for handling any computer virus is to ensure that anti-virus software is being constantly run on the computer. The writer further details how it is equally important to ensure that the operating system (OS) of the computer is constantly upgraded with the necessary patches offered by the manufacturer. The paper discusses how anti-virus software automatically scans emails and their attachments prior to letting the user open them on the computer. The paper examines how a firewall can be used to prevent infection.

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"The first PC virus, Basit and Amjad Farooq Alvi, in Lahore Pakistan and as a deterrent to prevent piracy of copies of the software that they had written, created 'Brian' in 1986. 'Ashar' virus written using similar code is though to predate the Brian virus by many analysts. Prior to networks, viruses were generally transmitted through removable storage mediums such as floppy disks and "viruses spread by infecting programs stored on these disks, while others installed themselves into the disk boot sector, ensuring that they would be run when the user booted the computer from the disk." (Wikipedia, 2006) With the creation of the Internet and the availability of shareware and freeware, distributing viruses across multiple users became increasingly easy. In addition the market for illegal software also help many virus developers create new and unique virus for corrupting information from the users of these illegal copies."

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