Computer Viruses

ruses. "Newspaper and magazine reporters tend to call almost anything a virus because they often have no real understanding of computer crime." (Kane 50) Another myth is that backups will be worthless if a virus backs it up.
             Let's suppose a virus does get backed up with your files. You can restore
             Important documents and databases and spreadsheets- your valuable data-
             Without restoring an infected program. You just reinstall the programs
             From master disks. It's tedious work, but not as hard as some people
             The next thing computer owners, and users should do is become more informed on the top five bugs, and the main virus types. First off the top five bugs are the box model, float and clear, error handling, inheritance within tables, and tiled backgrounds. (IE's Top 10 CSS Problems) Next are the types of viruses, and they come in many different sizes. Some are as small as 200 bits of coded information, and some are as big as thousands of bits of coded information. There are also very disruptive viruses some that are so disruptive that they destroy all information in the computer. Virus disruption generally falls into four different classes.
             The first class is called innocuous. These viruses don't cause any noticeable problems in the system.
             They reside in an unobtrusive area and infect diskettes and other media that
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