The IT Facts

"More than 6000 new computer viruses are created and released every month."

A computer virus is a type of computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code.When this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be "infected" with a computer virus.

Computer viruses cause billions of dollars' worth of economic damage each year,

In 1989 The ADAPSO Software Industry Division published Dealing With Electronic Vandalism, in which they followed the risk of data loss by "the added risk of losing customer confidence.