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Anytime you do something on your computer, whether it’s browsing the web, chatting with a friend on an instant messaging service, writing a paper, or drawing a picture, you’re running a program. In fact, the Windows environment itself—the desktop that allows you to view and select files or configure the system—is just a collection of programs.
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Appleman, D. (2004). When Software Attacks: All About Viruses. In: Always Use Protection. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0904-1_2
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