Computer viruses have been a threat to people and businesses since the beginning of the computer era, but now with the use of the net, a virus can be distributed to a countless amount of people in a small amount of time. A review from the Law Review from the University of the Pacific called “Prosecuting Computer Virus Authors,” says “However, a new villain - the virus author - has surfaced, bringing a new crime into the international forum: the spread of the computer virus. Free from the fear of prosecution, the virus author feels no need to stop wreaking global havoc,” (Cesare, 2001) and because the virus is spread over the net, the author is very difficult to trace.

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