This is just a short series of notes on viruses:

*people used to write viruses to damage others' computers for the sake of making themselves feel better
*virus writers are often failed or rejected programmers
*nowadays virus writers often create viruses to make money by selling stolen information to others such as your email address, credit card number, or any other personla information
*most people now write viruses to use your computer for a greater goal
*viruses often trigger themselves on a specific date and time (the attack is fixed on a set date)
*an example of this would be everybody in the world who has the virus sending an email to one person on April 1st, cauing that person's account to shut down
*sometimes viruses can hide themselves from Anti-Virus, but it's best to update anyways
*virus-makers often hide viruses in things that people want to download like Adobe Photoshop, movies, or pirated software
*never, ever download a pirated version of Anti-Virus :(
*a way to avoid viruse is to run your clock two days behind so that the rest of the world gets the virus first, and you see what effect it has
*pirated softwares often have viruses hidden inside of them
*a virus could be seen as cyber-vandalism
*never turn your virus-checker off