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How The Name viruses in computers?

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Anonymous

8y ago
Updated: 8/21/2019

Similar to biological viruses, they have the capacity to reproduce. Also, they infect files - becoming part of the file. This is similar to biological viruses, invading the cell.Note that in popular usage, the term "viruses" is used for many types of malware (malicious programs); but a computer virus is actually only a very specific type of malware.

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8y ago

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