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Digital/TEC definition

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Virus

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Digital Social Care (digitalsocialcare.org.uk)

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A computer program which can copy itself and spread from one computer to another, adversely affecting the way that the computer operates. This includes slowing your computer down, displaying unwanted pop-up messages and even deleting files.

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