Archive for November, 2008

Computer Virus

November 17, 2008

A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission or knowledge of the user. The term “virus” is also commonly used, albeit erroneously, to refer to many different types of malware and adware programs. The original virus may modify the copies, or the copies may modify themselves, as occurs in a metamorphic virus. A virus can only spread from one computer to another when its host is taken to the uninfected computer, for instance by a user sending it over a network or the Internet, or by carrying it on a removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, or USB drive. Meanwhile viruses can spread to other computers by infecting files on a network file system or a file system that is accessed by another computer. Viruses are sometimes confused with computer worms and Trojan horses. A worm can spread itself to other computers without needing to be transferred as part of a host, and a Trojan horse is a file that appears harmless. Worms and Trojans may cause harm to either a computer system’s hosted data, functional performance, or networking throughput, when executed. In general, a worm does not actually harm either the system’s hardware or software, while at least in theory, a Trojan’s payload may be capable of almost any type of harm if executed. Some can’t be seen when the program is not running, but as soon as the infected code is run, the Trojan horse kicks in. That is why it is so hard for people to find viruses and other malware themselves and why they have to use spyware programs and registry processors

What has Changed?

November 6, 2008

I think will cause many changes. We should be able to get out of this pointless war now, which I’ve been hoping would happen for a while. This will cause some problems when the troops come back and have no jobs, but I think he’ll be able to figure out what to do about that. He also should help out of our economic problems at the moment. I also would love it if he would make sure woman have the right to abortion and gays are allowed to marry. I also hope he does something about the gas problem.

I think now that we have a president that I like I will pay more attention to politics. I have not payed attention to what anyone has done hardly at all up to this point, but I think I will now. It is coming to the time when all this is going to effect me and it would be smart if I was more aware of things going on.