期刊名称：Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences
电子版ISSN：2079-8407
出版年度：2012
卷号：3
期号：8
页码：1235-1239
出版社：ARPN Publishers
摘要：In today's information technology world, Viruses are a huge problem for anyone who uses computers. Computer viruses and worms, a program that can spread across computers and networks has gone from being a nuisance to being the cause of the loss of millions of dollars worth of data, and loss of productivity. The writers of these programmes are becoming more adept at it day by day. Corporate viruses are a major problem which costs businesses billions of dollars every year. The aim of this paper is to interrogate the economic impact of computer viruses and worms attack on institutions and industries, particularly in Ghana. In achieving this, the study examined the effects of the computer viruses and worms on the financial standing of organizations by assessing the cost in terms of lost productivity through the inability to use the infected computers, the restoring of adversely affected files and the re-installing of the networks involved. The study confirmed the negative financial impact of such malicious programs on institutions. Cleaning up after a virus attack cost some Ghanaian firms $122,280, over a period of twenty one productive days.
