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What are computer viruses and how do they work?

Computer Viruses

According to some estimates, 75% of all viruses today are macro viruses. Once a macro virus gets onto your machine, it can embed itself in all future documents you create with the application. Antivirus internet security software can protect your system against most macro viruses, although new ones are always being created that slip by the antivirus internet filters.

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