Sample Essay

The virus attacks are very common since the year 2000 due to the development of the internet technology and the advancement of the communication interactions. Through the internet it has become easier for people to share data, files and multimedia items with others, and this characteristic of the innovative communication system has made its easier for the malicious parties to launch and disperse malicious software and viruses on the internet as well.

            The computer virus attacks through emails have the virus attached either to the email or present in a latent hidden form in an executable file attached with then email. Usually provocative and curious emails are embedded with such viruses in order to ensure that people open and view the mails and even run the executable files where present. The antivirus programs and software like McAfee and Norton have formed alliances with the email service providers like Yahoo and Hotmail which automatically scan the emails for viruses and suspicious programs. However now the computer viruses are becoming more intelligent as the hackers and the malicious intruders are developing viruses which are undetectable by the antivirus software. The following section depicts Storm worm case where a Trojan virus was dispersed through an email attachment which went undetected by the antivirus software.

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