How Does Computer Virus Spread?

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  1. che09 Member

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    Viruses can spread through email attachments, application programs on your computer, or application programs installed from disk drives.

    In order to spread through a computer system, or network, a virus must be activated; meaning, the file that contains the virus must be opened, or executed in order for the virus to come to life. Once activated, viruses look for certain programs to infect, depending on what they've been programmed to do. The one thing that all viruses seem to do well is duplicate themselves within the programs they find, and that is how they spread.
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    While the World Health Organization (WHO) is keen on monitoring the A(H1N)1 pandemic, some individuals are also busy on spreading viruses on the net. Be alert for both attacks!
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    Anybody have any knowledge about rootkit?
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    Depends how you define "virus", as opposed to general malware. I think of viruses as self-duplicating.
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    Thanks for sharing this nice info with us.
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    Virus is a programme that can spread from one computer to another computer when its host is moved to the other computer.It can be spread through internet or any removable device like CD,DVD or USB drive.

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