Virus attack on orbit

It was different time when viruses attacks only on the computers,now in today's world viruses are made so advance,that they directly attack on the PCs and laptops that are used to send and receive email from the station by relaying messages through a mission control center.NASA confirmed that a computer virus sneaked aboard the International Space Station only to be tossed into quarantine on July 25 by security software.This worm type virus was found on laptops and computers of Astronauts.The virus that is found responsible for this is reported to be malicious software that logs keystrokes in order to steal passwords or other sensitive data by sending the information to hackers via the Internet.

Due to this virus the laptop computers are not linked to any of the space station's control systems or the Internet.The NASA crew is working with teams on the ground to eradicate the virus and look for actions to prevent that from happening in the future.NASA had also declared that the virus had no adverse effect on space station operations.The space station orbits Earth once every 90 minutes at an altitude of about 350 kilometers.NASA is reportedly looking into whether the virus got into the computers by hiding in a memory drive used to store music, video or other digital files.Now the whole NASA team trying to find out from where this virus came into their laptops and computers.