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Computer Economics, a research company based in Carlsbad, Calif., predicted that some 75 new computer viruses will be identified this month, including MSBLast.D and Sobig.F. The company put the cost of computer attacks in August 2003 at about $2 billion. That's a record pace, the company reported, although well below the damage estimated from 2000's Lovebug virus, the worst in history with an estimated $8 billion in damage from lost productivity and system restoration costs.
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Some computer viruses can erase or change the information stored on your computer, other viruses may do little or no harm to your system. Writing and releasing any virus is prohibited by university policy, and anyone who does so will be held legally accountable for damages.
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Their victims are usually those that are uninformed and unprotected against computer viruses. Understanding what a virus is and how it works can help you protect yourself from fraud, computer damage and other common computer crimes.
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From the subtle Trojan horses to those pesky little worms, there are many different types of viruses that attack your computer. While each virus has its own feature and the way it damages your computer, almost all of them work in the same way in that they spread from computer to computer.
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