Part one of term paper
It is morning. You awaken to the sweet smell of flowers and the sound of birds chirping. You turn on your new I B M compatible computer only to find that every bit and byte of information has been erased. A computer virus has struck. Yes, these small bits of computer code have slowly overtaken the world of computing. A computer virus i ...

Part two of term paper
... Three of the most common are the time bomb, the logic bomb and the Trojan horse. The time bomb is a virus triggered by the computers clock reaching a certain date and time (often Friday the thirteenth). The logic bomb is a virus triggered by a certain value appearing a certain part of the computers memory, either relevant to the viruses purposes or at random. The Trojan horse is an innocent seeming program deliberately infects with a virus and circulated publicly. There is a cure for the ...