Chapter 9

Defending Against Virus Attacks

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

images Explain how virus attacks work.

images Explain how viruses spread.

images Distinguish between different types of virus attacks.

images Employ virus scanners to detect viruses.

Formulate an appropriate strategy to ...

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