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Learn how to protect your computer from destructive virus programs in this sample chapter from Absolute PC Security and Privacy: Defend Your Computer Against Outside Intruders. First, investigate the dangers of computer viruses, then examine how computer viruses work. Next, explore the history of computer viruses and study different types of viruses (including file infector viruses, boot sector viruses, macro viruses, script viruses, Trojan horses, worms, e-mail viruses, and chat and instant messaging viruses. Understand why computer viruses exist and what motivates a virus writer. Finally, learn how to reduce the chances of infection, how to diagnose a virus infection, and how to recover from a virus attack.



Title: Absolute PC Security and Privacy: Defend Your Computer Against Outside Intruders
ISBN: 0782141277
Published: August 2002
Authors: Michael Miller
Chapter: Chapter 1: Understanding Computer Viruses
Published by Sybex

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Format:PDFSize:504 KB
Date:Dec 2006Version:1.0
License:copyright
System Req:Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 or later

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