Process Essay - How to Recognize and Eliminate Macro Viruses
Imagine starting up your computer only to see the image on the screen melt while eerie music plays. The hard drive crunches away. What is it doing in there? Before you turn off the machine, most of your files have been deleted. Your computer is the victim of a computer virus. But where did the virus come from? It may have been that game you borrowed or, more likely, it came from an electronic document.
Most viruses infect programs, but newer viruses can infect documents as well. This is the case with macro viruses that infect Microsoft Word files. In fact, the number of these viruses has increased from 40 in 1996 to over 1,300 in 1998. Anyone who reads Word files created by others can be at risk. Infected documents spread easily and quickly, especially in environments where documents are shared.
What is a macro virus?
A macro virus is a program that infects documents and spreads by copying itself. When a document containing a macro virus is opened on your computer, the virus copies itself into something called the global template, which is used to save Word settings. Once this template is infected, all documents you save will contain the virus. If you distribute an infected document, the virus will spread even further.
Besides making copies of themselves, viruses can have other harmful effects. They can delete or change document contents, change Word settings, set passwords on your documents so that you can’t read them, or delete all of your files the next time you start your computer.
How can I tell if my computer has a macro virus?
Many viruses are so good at covering their tracks that you may not even realize they are t...
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...e all macros found in a document. Unless you need to use the macros in a document, you should disable them.
• Make the normal.dot file read-only. This file is where viruses reside in an infected system. A virus can’t copy itself into this file if it is read-only. Here is how to do this in Windows 98:
- First click the Start button, then click Find, and then click Files or Folders.
- Type “normal.dot” into the Named box and then click Find Now.
- At the bottom of the window should be the normal.dot file with an icon next to it. Click on this file with the right mouse button and then click Properties.
- Check the Read-only box and click OK.
Preventing macro viruses is easy compared to the amount of time and frustration involved in removing them. For more information on macro virus prevention, read the Macro Virus FAQ at http://www.look.com/mfaq.html.
To stay safe from many different forms of viruses, the best way to go is to download a couple different kinds of anti-virus programs. Harley says it is almost impossible to get through three different anti-virus programs. He also says that it is easily solved when it comes to Trojans, worms, viruses, and malware. If you do not grant access to unidentified or unsafe programs, then it is very hard for viruses to be granted access onto your computer.
For most people, a certain colour may represent something meaningful to them. While in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, many of the colours used in the novel are meant to represent something. The novel’s setting is in East and West Egg, two places in New York. Our narrator, Nick Carraway, lives in the West Egg. Along with living in West Egg is a friend of Nick’s, Jay Gatsby; a character that is in love with Daisy Buchanan. Unfortunately, Daisy is married to Tom. As the plot unravels, the reader notices the connection between certain colours and their importance to the novel. The use of colours within The Great Gatsby symbolizes actual themes, as grey symbolizes corruption, blue symbolizes reality, and green symbolizes jealousy and envy.
The way Hinduism and Buddhism entered Southeast Asia was not the same, as well as when it entered and its influence of Indian culture that emerged into the area. Civilizations in Southeast Asia focused on an appreciation to nature, which resulted in a harmonious and equal relationship between man and nature. Southeast Asia had been depicted and known as the “golden island.” These Southeast Asian civilizations were characteristically composed from Hindu and Buddhist ways of life that influenced its people greatly. As Buddhism processed its way into Southeast Asia, the religion became culturally grounded once the people practiced it. Hinduism and Buddhism in Southeast Asia were influenced by Indian culture, which was accepted by the rulers and people of the area. Within examining the evidence it is assured that Southeast Asians adopted and adapted to these religions.
Buddhism was adopted and adapted to in Southeast Asia in various different methods, starting with those of the Tibetans, who developed their own form of Buddhism, after being introduced to it in the centuries before. This new form of Buddhism which will be a widely practiced form of Buddhism in later periods known as Mahayana Buddhism. From Tibet, Mahayana spread throughout the Himalayas and the difference between Mahayana and other forms of Buddhism is that it encompassed India's full history of the Mahayana's development.
The maritime Southeast Asia region was in my opinion, a predominant factor that arguably led to its social-economic development. The Hindu and Buddhist religions that originated in the Indian subcontinent was found to be immensely popular in the Asia region as it swept across east of Asia due to its holistic spiritual and uniting principles. The principles advanced social hierarchy and it is believed that it helped to influence the culture of the people. “The earliest material evidence of Hinduism in Southeast Asia comes from Borneo, where late 4th-century Sanskrit inscriptions testify to the performance of Vedic sacrifices by Brahmans at the behest of local chiefs. Chinese chronicles attest to an Indian like kingdom in Vietnam two centuries earlier. The dominant form of Hinduism exported to Southeast Asia was Shaivism, though some Vaishnavism was also known there. Later, from the 9th century onward, Tantrism, both Hindu and Buddhist, spread throughout the region.”
In this essay, I will be looking at the adoption of Islam in Island South East Asia, how it spread over time and why the people of this region converted to Islam.
What makes viruses so dangerous is their ability to perform an event. While some events are harmless like displaying a message on a certain date, and others annoying, like slowing performance or altering the screen display, some viruses can be disastrous by damaging files, and destroying data.
...ry CE when Muslim merchants, accompanied by missionary Sufis, from India and Arabia arrived through the Indian Ocean trade route for business (Johnston 2002, 291). However, it wasn’t until the 13th century when Islam began to spread across Southeast Asia from Sumatra through to Java until reaching Borneo and Philippines in the 16th century (Houben 2003, 153). Trade was not the only purpose indicated from Muslim merchants as Sufis brought about the localization of Islamic organisations for Islamic teachings which would appeal to locals and their rulers for valuable networks (Johnston 2002, 291). This presence of Islam was recorded by Moroccan traveller Marco Polo in the late 13th century which indicated the advancement of Islam localisation where citizens of Perlak, Sumatra and the Pasai king, Sultan Al-Malikus Saleh were already converted as Muslims (Mutalib 2008).
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The immigrants simply made it hard for Europeans to adapt. In an article written by James Antle, he talks about how in Europe, two populations are living closely together. One is confident, and the other timid (Caldwell 15). The assimilation of immigrants into Europe has been difficult, and they really don't fit in very well with the Europeans. They are also overwhelming some countries, such as Sweden. Tino Sanandaji, an economist in Sweden talked about his concern for the future of Sweden. He talked about how in the next 15 years, swedes may become a minority in Sweden and there will be more immigrants than natives (Newman 21). This is hard for many Native Europeans to grasp. Eventually, if this immigration continues, they will be minorities in their own countries. With this influx of immigrants causes new crime. Alex newman talks about the increased crime in Paris. He talked about how bands of migrants and refugees parade around, wreak havoc, attack vehicles on highways, and more. The lawlessness is proving to be a huge problem for people in the EU (Newman 16). It is one major price to pay with new, unpredictable people in these countries. As well as crime, there are also more serious things to worry about such as terrorism. Most people in EU countries are concerned with terrorism that immigrants may bring. More than 50% of people living in countries like Hungary, Greece, Germany,
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Immigration poses an ongoing debate in which people are becoming increasingly unsure as to whether immigrants are benefiting their society. This paper will examine three of the main benefits of immigration: the increase in diversity it provides, the rise in skills and labor and the benefits to the economy. Immigration leads to cross-cultural integration, therefore increasing ethnic variety. This increase in diversity is beneficial as it leads to improvements in society, as well as educational development. Increased immigration also means there are more skills and experts available to the hosting countries, as well as extra workers to take up jobs that need filling. Immigration also leads to improvements in the economy as taxes are paid and employment and wages increase.
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