What types of files can spread viruses?
• Any type of executable code is susceptible to a virus. They not only infect program files. Your laptop memory should have some type of virus repair protection as these viruses infect executable code in the boot sector of floppy disks or in system areas of your hard drive. There are other types of viruses known as macro viruses that can infect word processing programs that use macros. It’s actually possible for HTML documents containing JavaScript or other types of executable code to spread viruses and other malicious codes. What can a virus do to my laptop memory? • A computer virus is a software program and can do the same things as any other program running on your computer. The destructive power of a particular virus depends on how it was programmed by the person who wrote the virus. Some are designed to deliberately damage files and otherwise interfere with your computer operation while there are other viruses that simply don’t do anything but tried to spread themselves around. E
