Weird Facts About Viruses (computer and biological)

Did you know?

1.   certain biological viruses get into a cell and then the cell explodes projecting virus DNA in all directions which attach on to other cells and infect them

2. that a certain virus created around 1995 would encrypt the hard drive of the computer and then would show a message saying you must hand over ______$ to get the code for un encryption send the money to this address __________, afterwards the police go to that address and arrest the creator of the virus

3.  that biological viruses sometimes kill their host just by multiplying

4.  that palm pilots can get viruses (the first was created in the year 2000)

5.  that no one knows exactly why viruses were created

6.  Some people have compared a computer virus to living organisms and have found tons of similarities and few differences.  I have tried to compare biological viruses with computer viruses.  To find my comparison click here.

 

 

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