But the Internet is an effective and widely used mechanism to spread them. If we look back just a few years, most viruses traveled by foot. A typical scenario in a company would be for one user to get infected, then inadvertently copy the infected program onto a floppy disk, then walk the disk to a co-worker who would install the program, thereby infecting her or his machine. Viruses, like people, traveling by foot don't get very far very fast. However, with the Internet, a virus can be released from someone's home computer and travel around the world in just a few hours.
Viruses can now move so fast that every minute counts until antivirus researchers can produce a fix.
It only takes a single person inside a company to get infected by a quickly moving threat for that virus to spread throughout the corporation. The creator of 'Radiskull and Devil Doll' tells you how to get started with Flash animation . TechTV Inc. All rights reserved. We respect your privacy .