Viruses

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From: Lindsay (lindsay_at_home.com)
Date: 04/07/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:26:37 +0100

I'm looking for info on how viruses show up on computers. Do all viruses
show up as a process on Task Manager or can they be hidden from that even?
I'm a Visual Basic programmer and am developing some software for some
customers to be used for virus detection purposes. It's not big-time
software. Just looking to find out how viruses work really.

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