Article: Dealing With Digital Disease
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Dealing With Digital Disease
A virus is a program that replicates itself. It cannot exist on its own so it attaches to another program, usually an executable one. A worm is like a virus?it also replicates itself. However, it can stand on its own and does not need another program to run. It usually infects your computer?s networking features, which includes its internet connection.
Spyware and adware go hand-in-hand. Spyware is a kind of program which gathers information, specifically browsing habits. It tracks down what kind of sites you visit, and the adware will generate ads that fit with your interest which the spyware based on information it gathered in the first place.
Malware is malicious software. It?s any program that is useless, or worse, destructive. A Trojan a program pretendin...
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