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title: "What is a computer virus?"  
description: "What is a computer virus?"  
author: "Baishakhi Ghosh"  
published: 2023-11-12  
updated: 2026-02-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/107412/what-is-a-computer-virus  
category: "information technology"  
tags: ["information technology"]  

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# What is a computer virus?




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