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                                                                   Computer virus


Computer viruses are unwanted and malicious softwares that are able to reproduce after infecting a computer.

Computer viruses act parasitically and rely on computer files to replicate and run.

Viruses use computer files as host and are sources of many security and privacy breaches.

A single computer virus can infect many computer files.
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