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Software Virus Protection Introduction There are many versions of Software Virus Protection on the market including MacAfee, Symantec and Norton, used by both individuals and businesses to protect their computer systems and all the information held on them, against attacks by viruses. In order to know how an anti-virus program works it is important to firstly know what a virus is and what effect it can have! Then it is important to know what types of anti-virus programs there are on the market, how these work, and what the advantages and disadvantages there are to each of these. What is a Virus? A virus is a small self-contained computer program or file designed with malicious intent, to run while the user is unaware and infect hard drives and floppy disks, before often copying itself usually to spread to other computers. Viruses can be spread over the internet, through emails or they can be embedded in...

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