NOUN
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a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
a true virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance
How To Use computer virus In A Sentence
- The Justice Department has blamed a computer virus for the delay.
- Beware of the computer virus.
- After his two best friends are shown the door, he hatches a plot with them to steal money from the firm by planting a money-siphoning computer virus within its system
- The attacker can steal network information, update database, forge user certification, destroy network node, release computer virus, even make the network paralyzed.
- So Thomas decided to exact revenge by surreptitiously placing a vicious computer virus on Scott's machine which destroyed his hard drive.
- In this era of computer viruses and military drones, computer scientists are right to worry about the dangers of autonomous machines with rogue programs running amok.
- And certainly, in these days of computer viruses, electronic hackers and the like, who is to say that he doesn't have a point?
- A computer virus which affected the operation of Google yesterday is spreading like wildfire.
- With every announcement of a big computer virus, the number of ‘experts’ double.
- A computer virus or spyware application is sending us automated requests, and it appears that your computer or network has been infected.
