Part one of term paper
"Traces of the Stealth_c Virus have been found in memory. Reboot to a clean system disk before continuing with this installation…" This was the message staring back at me from one of the computer monitors at my office. Questions raced through my mind. "Stealth_c?" "What's a system disk?" "How am I supposed to install anti-virus software if ...

Part two of term paper
... many floppy disks and hard drives had been infected. I wished I had learned about es a long time ago. What is a , anyway? Is it a computer with a cold? A computer "virus" is called a virus because of three distinct similarities to a biological virus. They are: ? They must have the ability to make copies of, or replicate, itself. ? They must have a need for a "host," or functional program to which it can attach. ? The virus must do some kind of harm to the computer system or at least cause some kin ...