Virus Tutorials
It’s hard to believe that the first IBM personal computer
(PC) was introduced in August, 1981. In the beginning they
were used by a small group of people. Only fifteen years
later, however, we can’t imagine life without them, both at
work and at home. Look around your office when the
electricity goes out, and you’ll see people standing around
talking because they feel they can’t get any work done
without their computers.
We have become dependent on these machines and the
information stored within. As the importance of a “thing”
rises, it becomes equally as important, if not more, to
secure it. (How many of you have alarm systems in your
cars?)
A large portion of modern computing life is to secure the
information that we are creating and processing. There are
many aspects of information security, ranging from
physical access to ensuring that the information has not
been changed in any way.
One of the most high-profile threats to information integrity
is the computer virus. Surprisingly, PC viruses have been
around for two-thirds of the IBM PC’s lifetime, appearing
in 1986. With global computing on the rise, computer
viruses have had more visibility in the past two years. In
fact, the entertainment industry has helped by illustrating
the effects of viruses in movies such as “Independence
Day”, “The Net” and “Sneakers”.For more just download this
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