Virus Basics 1. A virus is a program that, when deployed, infects other programs by altering them to include a replica of itself. Simply said, a virus makes a copy of itself over and over again, every time it's activated.
Most viruses are fairly harmless, some are pranks, and some can do vast damage.
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