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Essay - Viruses By Bill Chambers Virus's are a global threat to everyone who has their computer connected to the world wide web. Virus's can slow down computers and even stop them working completely. In this essay I will be discussing and exploring what a virus is and why they are a problem, how virus's are caught, examples of the different types of virus's that can be caught and how you can minimize the risk of your computer being infected by a virus. A computer virus is the same as a viral infection in humans. A computer virus can be caught very easily and spreads itself to other computers without you knowing. Virus's attach themselves to other programs to reach the computer it is going to infect, once this file is run, the virus is opened and begins infecting your computer, and finding ways to infect other computers. Virus's can corrupt files and...

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