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Line 15: − Discussion of the virus problem is sometimes hampered by the terminology used by purists, who distinguish between such varieties as "[[Computer worm|worm]]", "[[Trojan Horse]]", etc. but a common term for unwanted software that infects computers is "virus". A more technically correct term is "[[malware]]."+
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==Terminology==
==Terminology==
A virus is technically a type of software which acts very much like a [[Virus|biological virus]]; the term refers to a specific kind of malware. However, since virus attacks became well known before most other types malware attacks, many people use the term "virus" for any kind of malicious software. Although this is technically incorrect, it is common for someone to call anything unwanted, such as adware, a virus.
==References==
==References==