At the ACME Widget Company, the computers have started behaving weirdly. Chris noticed that his directory had some files that he didn’t remember putting on his computer. Lesley noticed her computer was beginning to run very slowly, and Kim realized she was getting replies to emails she had not sent. The owner of the ACME Widget Company has contacted you to see if their company might have a computer security problem.
-You think that the computers at ACME Widget Company may be infected with a ____.You explain that it is a set of program instructions that attaches itself to a file and spreads to other files.
A) virus
B) worm
C) Trojan horse
D) bot

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A virus is a type of malware that attaches itself to a file and can replicate itself, spreading to other files on the computer. Symptoms of a virus infection may include unexpected files appearing, slow computer performance, and strange behavior such as emails being sent without the user's knowledge.

At the ACME Widget Company, the Computers Have Started Behaving