If you are looking for a specific term, select the first letter of the term from the alphabet above. Or you may scroll through the terms using the scroll bar to the right. The Veronica database can be searched from most major gopher menus. A virus can wipe out information on your computer and create major havoc.
Viruses usually originate from malicious people.
You can unintentionally download virus from a web site or get it from a disk that someone has lent you. There are virus-checking programs, but there are new viruses popping up every day. So the best defense against a virus is to be very careful not to download programs or data from a site you're not familiar with. A typical example would be a company network where there are two offices in different cities.