Viruses Revealed shows where computer viruses come from, how they spread, and how you can protect your computer is responsible for. He acknowledged that the virus attached to the modern computing environment (which makes it easy to share data between machines) and that there is no way absolutely sure to maintain any level of usability in the computer while eliminating all risk of virus infection. They do this by defining the terms (such as pipettes, a program that is not the virus itself but whose function is to install one), explaining the concept (such as antivirus programs face difficulties in detecting the Trojan program), and documented historical events (known viruses of the past - Love Bug, Kournikova, and so on - and why they work). To their great credit, the author tries hard to be authoritative. A combination of case studies and clear prose shows you how to minimize the risk of viruses, irrespective of what type of computer you run.