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Reference

Neild, B. (2009, Jan. 16). Downadup virus exposes millions of PC's to hijack.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/ptech/01/16/virus.downadup/index.html?iref=newsserach

Summary

This article is about a virus. It spread very fast. The virus has not taken out personal information or credit card details yet, but we have to be careful about it. Eight million are affected by this virus. No one knows what the virus' purpose is. The virus is not affected by email or Web. The way you are infected is that an infected laptop is connected to your network. The best way to prevent it is get the patch. If you are already infected, don't worry about it. machines can be disinfected.

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My major is computer; actually I studied about the way to protect computers from viruses. I think the problem is very big, because already 8 million are affected by this virus and analysts say this virus is the most powerful infection they have ever seen. I studied about computer for just 2 years, so I don't know much about it, but prevention is the best way to protect your computer from anything. Running an anti-virus program often and as soon as possible will protect your computer from bad things.

The second solution is using long and difficult passwords which consist of numbers and characters. It hard for hackers to take out your personal information.

After reading this article I felt sad, because no one could do anything about the virus. Most of the people are using internet and IT crime is increasing as time goes by. From now on, people have to be ready and careful. We have to consider the way to protect computer from virus