Protecting Computers and People From Viruses.

The author discusses the similarities between computer viruses and biological viruses. The article also examines differences between computer worms and computer viruses, and the concepts of access, gain, and pathology in computer viruses and organic viruses. The author also discusses the host's defe...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Communications of the ACM Vol. 63; no. 10; pp. 8 - 10
Main Author:	Hill, Robin K.
Format:	Article
Published:	Association for Computing Machinery Oct2020
Subjects:	Computer viruses Viruses Computer security Computer access control
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	The author discusses the similarities between computer viruses and biological viruses. The article also examines differences between computer worms and computer viruses, and the concepts of access, gain, and pathology in computer viruses and organic viruses. The author also discusses the host's defense or prevention of viruses.