The fundamental framework for this article can be identified during the technological boom experienced acutely by the United States during the 1990’s. The astronomical growth in the utilization of e-commerce and computer based information exchange led to the development of vast networks on which these virus creation activities occurred. The growth in numbers of these networks is directly related to the large increase in malicious and costly attacks (see Figure 1).
These attacks have wreaked havoc via increased economic costs not only of preventively protecting our computer networks but also of reactively repairing our networks once they have been attacked and infiltrated by a virus. This paper will explore the evolution of threats to network security, what problems these threats are capable of creating and the monetary costs of virus attacks.
The widespread introduction of the personal computer (“PC”) into the lives of individuals and onto the desktops of professionals......
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