A computer virus is an illegal and potentially damaging computer program designed to infect other software by attaching itself to any software it contacts. A virus commonly inserts itself into other program files, in the same manner that a virus in nature takes over the apparatus of normal cells. When the infected program runs, the virus code gets a chance to inspect its environment and look for and infect new carriers in the form of …showed first 75 words of 880 total…

…showed last 75 words of 880 total…number of people who deliberately create viruses, and for various reasons. The reasons people write virus code probably vary, and are likely as strange as the reasons that people perform other violent acts. Whatever the motivation, the number of people capable of writing a virus is growing right alongside the computer industry. If a person is not protecting their valuable information with some anti-virus strategy then they might as well be in Las Vegas gambling.