COMPUTER SECURITY

Jane F. Kinkus
Mathematical Sciences Librarian
Purdue University
jkinkus@purdue.edu

The term computer security is used frequently, but the content of a computer is vulnerable to few risks
unless the computer is connected to other computers on a network. As the use of computer networks,
especially the Internet, has become pervasive, the concept of computer security has expanded to
denote issues pertaining to the networked use of computers and their resources.

COMPUTER VIRUS
A computer virus is a computer program that can copy itself and infect a computer. The term "virus" is
also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to
adware and spyware programs that do not have the reproductive ability. A true virus can spread from
one computer to another (in some form of executable code) when its host is taken to the target
computer; for instance because a user sent it over a network or the Internet, or carried it on a
removable medium such as a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or USB drive.

Viruses can increase their chances of spreading to other computers by infecting files on a network file
system or a file system that is accessed by another computer.

TASK:
Type the above document in Microsoft Word then:-
 Format text under COMPUTER VIRUS heading into two columns, align justify and change font type to
Bookman Old Style
 Change font colour of first paragraph to RED and of second paragraph to GREEN
 Change font size of both parts to 13
 Insert watermark WORD EXERCISE in diagonal
 BOLD, UNDERLINE and ITALICIZE all occurrences of the word computer
 Add drop cap to the first paragraph and change font type to “TAHOMA”, Paragraph formatting: Justify.
 Insert a page border as shown on this sheet
 Save your work on desktop as Computer Security