Hacker Trackers Over the past decade the Internet has become very common throughout the world. As the Net has grown so have the number of attacks on it. Hackers are the people responsible for these attacks. They use computer viruses to cause havoc over the Net. A virus is a computer program or script used to make a computer function abnormally. Lately many viruses such as the Melissa virus and the ILoveYou virus have wreaked …showed first 75 words of 427 total…

…showed last 75 words of 427 total…learning from other hackers mistakes and is making it very difficult, if not impossible to be caught. There are early-warning systems in development though, to help prevent the widespread of a hackers virus (Popular Science, February 2001, Pg. 59). It is only a matter of time to see if authorities can stop the widespread of viruses or if the hackers can outsmart the trackers and cause very serious damage to systems worldwide. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Popular Science,February 2001