http://verizonsafeguards.com/wp-content/themes/reify/images/favicon.ico http://verizonsafeguards.com/virus Verizon Security & Safety Center Blogs Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:15:24 +0000 http://verizonsafeguards.com/virus Troj/Agent-LPH [1] Virus was the latest computer virus to be identified on the 29th of October. If you lack antivirus protection and suspect your system has been infected, consider installing anti-virus software such as the Verizon Internet Security Suite [2]. These programs can search your computer and remove them. A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term "virus" is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, adware, and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can only spread from one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive. Viruses can increase their chances of spreading to other computers by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is accessed by another computer. The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware..... http://verizonsafeguards.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/virus.jpg http://en.blog.wordpress.com http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1