Give the term for a program that self-replicates and spreads into other computers, corrupting files and damaging hardware, such as a boot sector or file type.

Model answer

virus

Also accepted: computer virus

Explanation

A virus is a program that self-replicates and spreads to other computers, corrupting files and damaging hardware.

Derived from ZIMSEC Computer Studies 7014/2 Paper 2, November 2016, Q1

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