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What is a computer virus?
(Lansing State Journal, May 17, 1995)
A computer virus is an unusual type of computer program. The programs tells the computer to copy it, and insert the copy somewhere else in the computer's memory.
Any time an infected program runs, the virus program also runs, and a new copy is made.
For almost all viruses, this happens without letting there person using the computer know.
There are many different viruses that produce different results. Some wil ...
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