Computer Viruses

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What is an email attachment?

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A computer file sent along with an email message.

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What is software?

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Programs used by a computer

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What is "crash" as it relates to computers?

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The system stops functioning properly

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What is a "worm" as it relates to computers?

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A destructive computer virus

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Secure

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Protected from danger or harm

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What is a Trojan horse?

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Is destructive software disguised as something good.

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Why would an email virus email itself to everyone in your address book? Options: So it can infect as many computers as possible, So it can alert your friends that you've got a virus, so it can never be detected by anti-virus software, so it can mutate into new viruses

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So it can infect as many computers as possible

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Shields computer from harm

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Anti-virus software

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Why should you update your anti-virus software regularly?

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To protect your computer against new viruses

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Looks for vulnerable machines within computer networks

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