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How does a computer viruses spread?

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Computer viruses usually spread in one of three ways: from removable media; from downloads off the Internet; and from e-mail attachments.
Although the Internet gets a bad rap as a source of viruses, you're no more likely to contract a virus from the Web than you are from packaged software.

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