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A virus is a self-replicating program that spreads by inserting copies of itself into other executable code or documents. A computer virus behaves in a way similar to a biological virus, which spreads by inserting itself into living cells. Extending the analogy, the insertion of a virus into the program is termed as an infection, and the infected file (or executable code that is not part of a file) is called a host. Viruses are one of the several types of malicious software or malware.

Today viruses are somewhat less common than network-borne worms, due to the popularity of the Internet. Anti-virus software, originally designed to protect computers from viruses, has in turn expanded to cover worms and other threats such as spyware.

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A highly professional knowledge resource, specially designed for you to always be up-to-date with the latest virus information. The Laplink Security Center virus encyclopedia includes details on the most important and interesting viruses with description, payload, likelihood, technical description and a lot of other important things.

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