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A computer virus on the loose is a computer user's
worst nightmare. A virus can destroy everything in a computer's memory. According to
S&S Software International and writer James Coates, here is how a computer virus
works.
A computer virus is software, or a piece of
programming code, whose purpose is to replicate.... Many viruses enter the computer via a
floppy disk or are downloaded from another source. ... Once the computer is infected, the
virus checks each time a program is opened to see if the program is clean. If it is, the
virus copies itself onto the program. Because viruses need time to spread undetected, most
will not affect the proper functioning of the computer right away.
But eventually their destructive power is felt as
files are erased or corrupted. Just as a computer virus spreads through the files of a
computer, so sin can spread in the church.
Holiness, Intervention, Spiritual sickness
I Cor. 5; Gal. 6:1
Contemporary Illustrations For Preachers, Teachers,
& Writers
Editor Craig Brian Larson, Baker Books, p. 28.
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