Viruses are malicious programs that are hard to detect and may quickly propagate over a network, resulting in lost data or performance issues for the computer's central processing unit (CPU) and memory. They are also known as computer trojans. Explore the many software types that may be infected with a computer virus.

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Viruses are malicious programs that are hard to detect and may quickly propagate over a network, resulting in lost data or performance issues for the computer's central processing unit (CPU) and memory. They are also known as computer trojans.
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