I think Simply stated, a virus is a little program that is written by a bad person.
This virus takes over a certain aspect of your computer, doing things that you probably would prefer to avoid.
That virus can attach itself to another file or to your operating system. It can modify a file. It can cause a series of events to occur without your intervention. It can be programmed to run a sequence of operations, based upon criteria that are determined by the person who wrote the virus.
The results are unpredictable. That virus removes your control over your own computer.
computer viruses
should count as life.
I think it says something
about human nature
that the only form of life
we have created so far
is purely destructive.
We've created life
in our own image
- Stephen Hawking
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