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What you need to know about computer Viruses

For over 50 years, computer viruses have been developed and each year with the advent of the digital age as we know it, many viruses are created with more efficacy than the one before. It’s a constant cat and mouse game between virus developers and Anti-Virus software companies around the world. Since 1971, with the creation of the very first computer Virus called ‘Creeper system’, a wide variety of viruses have primarily been designed to shut down systems, steal information and/or disable peoples processing power all together. In 1971 ‘Creeper system’ was created by a technology company in the US purely to replicate itself and fill up the hard drive of a computer to capacity until it could no longer operate. In 1986, ‘Brain’, a computer virus originally designed as a copy protection for MS-DOS, landed up stopping the computer from booting up at all. Then in 1988, a US…
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The importance of digital readiness in the world today

It has become glaringly obvious to us that technology can help make society more resilient in the face of any type of threat globally. Society around the world has quickly learned during the COVID-19 pandemic - that technology has been the most crucial element in our society, keeping it functioning during a time of lockdowns and quarantines. This technology will most definitely have a long-lasting impact on how we function as a society and how we live day to day. The huge impact on how we function daily, going forward, can be seen already. During these unprecedented times we have seen the importance of digital readiness. It has allowed many businesses to continue as usual with as little impact on our lives as possible. At Altech IT, we have helped many individuals and businesses large or small, build the necessary infrastructure to support a digitized world and to help them…