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Article: 'Prevention: The Key To Combating Computer Viruses'
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- Atlanta Inquirer
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- January 20, 2001
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Harris, Eric
Atlanta Inquirer
01-20-2001
'Prevention: The Key To Combating Computer Viruses'
Computer virus. It's a term that strikes fear into the hearts of
programmers, systems managers, business owners and technology-dependent
people everywhere.
Countless dollars and hours of frustration have been spent in front of
computer terminals around the world trying to recover from the damage done
by invasive computer viruses. Tens of thousands of computer viruses or
variations have been introduced since the mid 1980s.
In its most basic form, a computer virus essentially is a computer program
or code designed to disrupt the normal functionality of a computer system.
Its unauthorized execution can range ...