Chapter 10. Viruses, Trojans, and Worms
Just about every system administrator has had to deal with a virus at one time or another. This fact is extremely disheartening, because these tiny pieces of code can cause an immense amount of damage. The loss in productivity and intellectual property can be expensive for any organization. Clearly, the cost of recovering from a virus attack more than justifies the cost of taking preventive measures.
Featured in this chapter:
Viruses: the statistics
What is a virus?
Worms and Trojan horses
Preventive measures
Deploying virus protection
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