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Venom, as produced by a poisonous animal etc
A computer virus
A submicroscopic infectious organism, now understood to be a non-cellular structure consisting of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat. It requires a living cell to replicate, and often causes disease in the host organism
Viruses are the smallest and most simplified forms of life.
{n} foul matter from ulcers, poison
A program that is very damaging to your computer should it infect your system Running an antivirus program such as Inoculate, is very beneficial in stopping the threat of computer meltdown You can read more about it here on our Trojans, Viruses and Worms reference page
Any morbid corrupting quality in intellectual or moral conditions; something that poisons the mind or the soul; as, the virus of obscene books
Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc
{i} microorganism which functions as an infectious agent; computer program which is intended to be spread surreptitiously between computers and usually causes damage (Computers)
A program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes Most viruses can also replicate themselves and spread to other computers All computer viruses are man made Antivirus programs periodically check your computer system for the best-known types of viruses
These are programs that can be downloaded onto your computer or network from the Internet Some are harmless, others are programmed to destroy your system, trash your files and disable your software No kidding So be careful Use anti-virus programs They take a few extra minutes every day to use, but the protection is worth it
a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer; "a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance"
A Virus is a small program that can cause harm to your computer (by deleting files for example) To avoid getting a virus you should only download software from well-known or trusted sources Anti-virus software is available and should be installed on your computer Viruses can be transferred as e-mail attachments but not as part of the message itself
A small computer program designed to make copies of itself over and over It attaches to other programs and reproduces when the other programs are run You can get "infected" by a virus by downloading infected files or programs from a network, or by inserting an infected disk into your computer Some are relatively harmless, others can crash whole computer systems
A virus is a piece of software designed and written to make additional copies of itself and spread from location to location, typically without user knowledge or permission Such stealth qualities are now found in both viruses infecting files and those infecting boot areas There are computer viruses that were written for several operating systems like DOS, Windows, Amiga, Mac, Atari, and UNIX Macro viruses are a new class of viruses that do not infect boot areas or files with the EXE or COM extensions Instead, they infect documents; when Word loads the document, it executes any "autoexecute" macro in the file (see Macro Virus) Some viruses cause damage, but not all do More than 20,000 have been identified, and 250 new ones are created every month, according to the International Computer Security Association With numbers like those, it's safe to say that most organizations will deal regularly with virus outbreaks No one who uses computers is immune from viruses
a harmful or corrupting agency; "bigotry is a virus that must not be allowed to spread"; "the virus of jealousy is latent in everyone