If all you had to worry about were virus and Trojan horse programs, life would be so much simpler. Just deploy a good antivirus application and monitor the alerts or log files the application produces. When a virus does creep into your network, use the appropriate software to remove it. In some situations in which […]
Another thing to keep in mind is that a virus has two functions. First, it needs to be transported to another computer to infect. Second, it requires a mechanism to affect the system. In many cases these are implemented as two separate functions. The transport mechanism does just what it says: It finds a method […]
Computer viruses have been around for a long time. These are programs that travel from one computer to another, using various methods, such as programs that are not what they appear to be. Shareware downloaded from the Internet is a popular method for spreading virus code. You really should seriously enforce a policy for any […]
