Truth And Lies About The Computer Virus :: essays research papers

 Truth and Lies About the Computer VirusWalk into any computer store today and there will be at least twenty orthirty computer virus programs. From the looks of it computer viruses havegotten out of hand and so has the business of stopping it. The computer usermust cut through the media hype of apocoliptic viruses and shareware programsand discover the real facts.     Before we even start the journey of exploring the computer virus we mustfirst eliminate all the "fluff." The computer user needs to understand howinformation about viruses reaches the public. Someone creates the virus andthen infects at least one computer. The virus crashes or ruins the infectedcomputer. A anti-virus company obtains a copy of the virus and studies it. Theanti-virus company makes an "unbiased" decision about the virus and thendisclose their findings to the public. The problem with the current system isthat there are no checks and balances. If the anti-virus company wants to makeviruses seem worse all they have to do is distort the truth.