Use lessons from the common to defeat computer viruses Through
the years, some malicious computer programs have come to be
known as viruses. Dr. Fred Cohen, a principal analyst with
market research firm Burton Group, coined the term when he was
working as a graduate student at the University of Southern
California in the early 1980s. "There was a resemblance in how
computer viruses and biological viruses reproduced," he told
TechNewsWorld. Given that similarity, a question has arisen
recently: Can the study of human viruses be helpful to computer
scientists, who are trying to prevent the next MyDoom from
wreaking havoc? For Cohen, the answer is "yes," but for others,
the answer is "no." To understand why the industry has two
different answers to this question, one first must become
familiar with the nature of human viruses. Immunology is the
scientific area that studies the complex, sophisticated human
immune system. By Paul Korzeniowski at TechNewsWorld. [ Read
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