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A parasitic program written intentionally to enter a computer without the users permission or knowledge. The word parasite is used because a virus attaches to files or boot sectors and replicates itself, thus continuing to spread. Though some virus's do little but replicate others can cause serious damage or effect program and system performance. A virus should never be assumed harmless and left on a system.
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Why virus is always parasitic?
because virus is depending on others
What is the same about a bacterium and virus?
Well, they can both be parasitic.
What is relationship between a virus and a host cell?
Parasitic
What is the relationship between virus and a host cell?
Parasitic
What are minute parasitic microbes that live inside another cell?
virus
Is mycoplasma genitalium a bacteria or a virus?
i think it's a little parasitic bacteria
Is aids parasitic?
Not in the general sense of the term parasite. AIDS is caused by the HIV virus.
Are viruses parasitic?
Yes because all the viruses uses host cell mechanisms to reproduce and then at the end of the reproduction process it destroy the host cell.Therefore there is no non-parasitic viruses.All viruses are parasitic.
What is the definition of Chlamydia?
a very small parasitic bacterium that, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce.
What's the definition of Chlamydia?
a very small parasitic bacterium that, like a virus, requires the biochemical mechanisms of another cell in order to reproduce.
When attacked by viruses cells die?
Yes, a virus uses a host cell to house and reproduce itself. In the final stage of its parasitic occupation, the virus replicas burst from the host cell, killing the host cell.
How can a virus cause harm?
A virus is parasitic, it invades cells and uses the chemical content of the cell to reproduce more of itself, killing the cell in the process. When a virus invades an organism such as a person, the organism gets sick. Viral disease can be very serious, even fatal.
