Nearly everyone has heard of computer viruses. You hear about them in computer labs, from your friends, and even on the news. Please read the following information and check out the informational links at the bottom. You may learn something new about the real dangers of computer viruses.
Computer viruses are computer programs or macros within documents.
They are usually created to interfere with the normal operation of a computer. Viruses should be a concern to everybody. You can infect your own computer from e-mail attachments, internet downloads, or infected diskettes. Then you can become a link in a chain reaction that effects a wide-range of people. Sometimes viruses are spread from computer to computer by unsuspecting individuals who are using infected diskettes or files in multiple computers.