Because of their potential for damage, viruses should be cured as soon as possible. The Center for Information Technology has resources to detect and cure all known Macintosh viruses. This document explains how to use Virex, a site-licensed virus protection program. You will need to log in to the Novell server via your NetWare account in order to be able to access Virex. Infections are usually categorized into these three groups based on the ways they replicate and spread.
Viruses are by far the most common of infectious programs.
There are many different viruses, but many share similar symptoms such as unexpected system crashes and data corruption. Viruses are pieces of code which usually attach themselves to programs or files such as Macintosh System files and software applications. They then spread through use of infected software, desktops, and system files. Worms are pieces of code which replicate and spread between systems but do not attach themselves to application or system files. Some virus protection software offers protection against worms, which generally have not been a problem on Macintosh computers.