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...diversity of approaches to causing this damage is quite frightening: Viruses come in all sorts of shapes and sizes and affect files in any number of different ways. There are viruses that are called when the computer boots up each time and viruses that specifically attack certain programs like Microsoft Word. There are viruses for Macintoshes, Windows and Unix machines, as well as viruses for Palm Pilots and other hand-held computers. In a way oddly analogous to nuclear weapons, a virus' potential for damage is measured by its payload--exactly what it does--and its distribution. The ILOVEYOU virus...
...ILOVEYOU virus, as well as the MTX.gen file that is currently causing a great deal of grief on this campus, represent a new step in the evolution of computer parasites. These programs are known as worms, programs that insidiously spread from one computer to another with very little human intervention. The ILOVEYOU virus stole passwords and credit card numbers; the MTX virus, on the other hand, destroys files and prevents a user from accessing certain websites. Even more dangerous than such worms, possibly, are Trojans. These virus-type programs allow someone else access to your computer. Once they're loaded...
...prevalence of viruses will probably only increase with time, especially as it becomes easier and easier to program them to perform all sorts of tasks. Perhaps the best way to protect against them is to--unlike me--actually follow the advice that most people give. Important files should be backed up and e-mail attachments shouldn't be opened until they're scanned. Avoid files with extensions that are unfamiliar, and most importantly if you're not expecting any attachments, don't open any files. Harvard makes it remarkably easy for us to do this through Pine, as well...
...presidency, for Bush. Soon every network rolled the President Bush graphics; the crowd whooped in Austin; and Gore called Bush to concede. Newspapers prepared BUSH WINS! front pages that would leave them black, white and red-faced all over. And the error traveled across news websites like a virus (including, for a while, TIME's). "Unless there is a terrible calamity," ABC's Peter Jennings called it, "George W. Bush, by our projections, is going to be the next President...
HERPES HEARTACHE Hold that kiss! A provocative but still preliminary study suggests that herpes simplex virus Type 1 (the virus that causes cold sores and fever blisters) may be linked to heart disease. Researchers found that seniors with a history of herpes were twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as those who never had a cold sore...