A-Brief-Look-At-Virii-('01)
Computer Viruses and Anti-virus Software
By
Mia L. Guidry
Table Of Contents
I Intro
II Computer Virus Components
a.Worms
b.Trojan horses
c.Logic bombs
III Types of Viruses
a.Boot sector virus
b.File virus
c.Macro virus
d.Multipartite virus
e.Polymorphic virus
f.Stealth virus
IV How Viruses Work
a.Virus introduced to system
b.Trojan activated
c.Logic bomb activated
d.Destructive part of virus activated
V Most Common Viruses
a.Jerusalem virus
b.Cascade virus
c.Brain virus
d.Italian virus
e.New Zealand virus
VI Macro Virus
a.What are they?
b.How do they work
VII How to Avoid Viruses
a.Removing floppies from drive
b.Don't use pirated software
c.Backup data
d.Run virus check program periodically
VIII Anti-virus Software
a.Why would you use?
b.Virus Scanner
c.Types of Anti-virus software
In this growing technological world, there is a dependency on computer systems. With the wide spread use of computer systems comes the threat of short programs that damage the system and other programs on that system. These short programs are called computer viruses. There are many computer viruses out there to infect unsuspecting system and programs. Along with these threats of infection comes the opportunity to eradicate these viruses before they infect systems. There are programs called anti-virus protection to help find and fix problems before they damage computer systems (Encyclopedia.com).
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