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Noun: computer virus
  1. A software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer
    "a true computer virus cannot spread to another computer without human assistance";
    - virus

Derived forms: computer viruses

Type of: malevolent program, malware

Encyclopedia: Computer virus

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