Because someone put poison in Tylenol bottles in the 1980s, consumers must now spend extra time opening tamper-proof packaging. In a similar way, computer viruses have changed the way people work and communicate in the 21st century. Like a human virus, a computer virus can spread rapidly to new hosts, causing devastation where it goes. No one can stop programmers from creating viruses, but there are ways to minimize their destructive powers. Writer Bio
