Article: Internet Basics: Anti-virus Software Is Like A Soldier Ant

Internet Basics: Anti-virus Software Is Like A Soldier Ant

Ever see soldier ants at their anthill? They have one job -- protect what's inside. How do they do this? They stop anything unfriendly from coming in. Fortunately for the soldier ants, it's easy to know what not to let in -- if it ain't an ant, no passage allowed!



But ants going in sometimes bring things along with them, things they're carrying that could be dangerous to the life of the hill.



What if, for example, an ant out looking for food found a yummy red can full of free food just sitting there. He grabs a bunch. Heads back to the hill. The soldier ant sees the other ant is an ant, and so he's free to pass - only neither ant recognizes the food being brought in is actually poison designed to destroy the hill and everything inside. Yikes! So the ant goes i...
 

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Internet Basics: Anti-virus Software Is Like A Soldier Ant

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