Don't be seduced by a virus

by: Hollie Wilcox
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There are many computer viruses today that are constantly being detected and reported in order to make others aware of the threat. Some of these viruses have become so wide spread, that they have forced virus protection companies to up the anti on viruses and enhance their development of detecting viruses before they can cause wide spread attack.

One in particular and quite well known virus spread furiously over the internet, through emails, going unnoticed and undetected for a long period of time by the antivirus industry. The email passed virus known as the 'Anna kournikova' virus was a type of worm, that despite it's name was not necessarily related to the tennis player, rather posing itself under the name as a way of seducing and tricking users into opening the specific email.
It is thought that the initial enticement of this email was that it posed as giving access to images of tennis star 'Anna Kournikova', however this was of course false; instead containing a worm virus that once the email was opened, would immediately embed itself into the computers files and memory working its way around the system. Once the worm was in the system it could efficiently access the contacts and addresses of the persons email account, rapidly sending the same email to other users, consequently infecting multiple computer systems.
This virus became so well known that it even once became the subject of the popular American t.v series 'Friends' in which one of the character's naively opens the legendary 'Anna Kournikova' email leading to the files being corrupted; immediately causing a degree of damage. The story line helpfully highlighted the ultimate distress a virus can cause, a topic that many people are non too aware of, yet are still easily fooled by.

The antivirus industry are aware of the development and spread of viruses that are emerging each day and are becoming more and more developed themselves on how to detect and tackle the problem. They are effectively advancing their technology to ensure that people can be completely protected, and so it is fundamental that if you are a computer/internet user that you ensure to update your antivirus protection whenever needed.

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