Recently, my computer has shut down due to a virus (which I
have no idea how I got in the first place, anyway), and not only are there
malfunctions with it (the fact it kept shutting down at inconvenient
moments)—there were also constant spamming coming from my e-mails and social
network accounts, a nuisance made aware by my friends. Fortunately, I managed
to fix it on my own, a process that left me utterly exhausted, as I know
nothing about computers. However, the research I have done on computer viruses
during that time certainly shown me some resemblances between it and biological
viruses, hence the derived name “computer virus”.
| Everybody loves viruses. |
Some of the similarities I have found between the two
different viruses are firstly, the contamination part. Both biological and computer viruses are
spread through some sort of contact. For example, I downloaded a movie streamer
onto my computer, as in the way eating with dirty hands will invite the virus
into your body. Just like a biological virus, the computer virus has to be
compatible with your computer in order to damage it (how nice); thus, the
resemblance the lock and key system of a certain virus for a certain host.
Also, the two viruses could be prevented: biological ones by vaccination and
just precautions, and computer ones by anti-viruses programs and precautions as
well (like not downloading some suspicious programs). Likewise, the two viruses
are nasty things that use the host relentlessly at the host’s expense, and
could only “live” with a host ; a computer virus could potentially damage the
hard drive of a computer and delete files (luckily I got all my files backed
up), a biological virus could potentially infect and kill a host. However, both
the computer and biological host have some defences to work against these
detestable, little parasites. For
example, I used a scan to locate and delete the corrupted file and certain
viruses could be wiped out by our white blood cells. With these similarities,
it’s really no surprise a computer virus is named after its biological
counterpart.
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| Biological Virus |
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