...well as a short timeline of virus history and highlight of some recent major viruses. First, What is a computer virus? And how do you protect yourself from them? Then, A short timeline of virus' history. And, finally a few recent major viruses. What is a computer virus? A computer virus is a program or piece of software that copies itself to your PC, or attaches itself to a document. For example, when you open an infected document it replicates and attaches to other files on your hard drive. The process goes unnoticed until it is too late and your computer crashes. There are 3 types of computer viruses; E-Mail Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses. E-Mail Viruses- Many Hackers use E-Mail Viruses to reek havock on the E-World. (According to WWW.HACKERS.COM-Hackers are evil people who have nothing better to do with their vast knowledge of computers than destroy them.) An E- Mail Viruse is sent from person to person via E-Mail. Once the infected E-Mail is opened it replicates by sending itself to everyone in your address book. Thus resulting, the people in your address book open the E-Mail and are then infected. Any simple Virus scaning software should be able to stop and remove E-Mail viruses. Norton Anti-Virus is one of the best choices for defense. Worms- A network virus, it uses 'holes' in a computer network to replicate and take up space, in the end it makes the network grind to a hault. This virus once on a computer it scans...
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...(2). Unfortunately this transformation of data has opened the doors for a new era of high tech crime – the computer virus. The Internet is now a complex gateway for transgression and immoral activities where often the perpetrators of the crime are far removed from the scene of the criminal activity and hidden behind a maze of double speak (3). Computer viruses are enigmatic and grab our attention. They move silently from computer to computer under a shroud of secrecy and deceit. If they are not caught in time, these malicious programs can erase all the data off a hard drive, rearrange numbers in a spreadsheet file, or practically anything else a clever programmer can devise. A computer virus is a potentially dangerous computer program designed with the intent of obliterating or corrupting data that it comes into contact with. Computer viruses are mysteriously hidden beneath seemingly innocuous programs, which explains the reason for their effective dissemination across the Internet. These malicious computer programs are designed to replicate themselves or insert copies of themselves into other programs when executed within the infected program (4). In order for a computer virus to perform its intended function it must be executed and the computer must then follow the virus’s directive code or instructions. These instructions are called the payload of the virus and are used to disrupt or change data files, display an irrelevant or unwanted message, or cause the operating system...
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...I love you!! I love you. These famous three words are associated with a very famous computer virus. The virus originated in the Philippines and was created by two young Filipino programmers. This computer virus infected tens of millions of computers and cost over $5.5 billion dollars in damages worldwide. The computers were infected so rapidly that in ten days 50 million computers were infected. The virus was successful at propagating because of several reasons. One of the main reasons was that the virus was sent by email and came from someone you know, as the virus sent itself to the first 50 contacts in Outlook. Since it came from someone that you knew people would open it without any thought. Another reason it was successful was that it depended on some of the vulnerabilities of the Operating System, in this case the file was a VBS script and Microsoft’s scripting engine was on by default. It was also good at confusing computer users because even if you were computer savvy the virus tried to mask its extension in the filename by using .txt in the name. the virus also was a pain because it ran at boot up and also replaced and damaged files in with these extensions. JPG, JPEG, VBS, VBE, JS, JSE, CSS, WSH, SCT, DOC, HTA, MP2, and MP3. It replaced the files with these extensions with copied of itself. . The virus also downloaded a Trojan. This was also a time that no one was worried about computer security so you can imagine the damage this computer virus did. Nowadays it...
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... Prologue The sun is about to set. That fuzzy and pitch-black place with a nostalgic hymn of the approaching dying twilight is already filled with his desire to wake up from his endless nightmare. Holding a golden ring on his right hand, he is calmly watching over the horizon as he tries to feel better, but he cannot for he is still caged within the memories of the wicked past and within the present catastrophe. He gradually leaned his back to that mango tree where their chained names are carved inside a heart. For the past 99 days, it has been his desperate habit to wait there for the coming of that person whom he knows will never arrive. Then liquids of emotions flowed out of his vision as his heart drowns with it. Nothing can comfort him since when that peak of joy bounced him out and turned him to be a man he is now. He was never insane yet he doesn’t already know of whom he is and even the people around him; he is just hopeless and unable to keep step of what happened for the past year. Grief and fear never left him and continued to slaved him and took control over his moral and physical character which paved him to be a ‘hard to decipher person’. However, he still lives for he has still an inch of dignity despite of great loneliness. Moreover, his heart is still shouting aloud saying, “I will never leave you..” Chapter I It’s Saturday. Lesther is very excited for he will be seeing his long-time girlfriend again to celebrate their 4th year anniversary. Of...
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...prevent or remove this hazard from your computer. MyDoom Worm No one wants a virus on their computer, especially when it means that you may be spending money to remove these nasty pests from your system. There are all sorts of things that can infect your computer from viruses, worms, rootkits that make your computer into a puppet and also malicious spam ware and malware. All of these things can wreak havoc on your network. In this paper I will tell you about a worm that still has the record for being the fastest spreading virus. This virus is known as W32.MyDoom@mm. This worm has other names but this is the one that it is most known by. The Beginning MyDoom was a worm that came to the public eye at the beginning of 2004. Finnish security company F-Secure named is the worst virus to date because of the way it quickly infested users emails and quickly attached itself to any email that was going out that had an attachment. When the worm first came into the spotlight F-Secure stated that the worm was on 20-30% of the worldwide internet traffic. Another company that screens emails for companies, MessageLabs, also stated that it had intercepted the worm more than 3.4 million times at a rate of every 1 in 12 emails at its highest. This was faster than the ILOVEYOU bug that was found in the year 2000 which spread its way around the world, unfortunately, sharing its love. The Inside There are different types of viruses. Some are passively waiting on your computer until a time comes that...
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...CIS 109: Week 3 – The Love Bug Virus January 27, 2014 Ten years ago the Love bug virus infiltrated computers around the world throwing consumers - and sometimes government offices - into turmoil. Ten years later many consumers think viruses are a thing of the past and that any anti-virus software will protect them. The truth is consumers, businesses, and brands are still very susceptible to viruses and malware simply because many attacks go undetected until it's too late. Computer programmers typically have the knowledge necessary to create a computer virus. Viruses are created by computer programmers who have learned to write code to create software programs. Computer programmers are able to turn a programs design created by software developers and engineers into instructions that a computer can follow. Programmers have the ability to debug the programs and test them to ensure they produce the expected results (Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2014). I think most people today don’t think much about how serious computer viruses can be or the magnitude of problems attacks can cause everyday in our society. According to the New York Times (2013) there has been a new wave of cyber attacks that have been striking large American corporations. It has been such at problem that warnings have been given from federal officials of the Department of Homeland Security. Just recently the data breach that affected Target, the attackers stole credit card data by installing malicious software...
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...Genital Herpes Virus In this world today there are many viruses that effects the human population. Herpes is one of these diseases. It is no less then a self-limited communicable disease. Yet its "victims" describe it as devastating, and society treats those with it like lepers. Until recently most people had never heard of herpes virus. Even doctors were familiar with the virus, yet in the past few years , it has become an epidemic. Why I chose to study this topic is more on how herpes affects a person emotionally. Why should a disease like this which rarely causes great physical problems, be such trouble to many people? It is not as devastating as tuberculosis. Its not a killer like cancer. And it is not as disabling as the flu. It isn't as bad a smoking is to your health, so why should so many people care about it. I think that the main reason is that herpes affects the persons personality. To many, there is nothing more important then that persons genitals. One's genitals gives one the ability to love and to be loved. Another reason is that this virus, unlike many in today's society, is incurable. With todays fast food restaurants, great health insurance, and one hour prescriptions, people have a hard time dealing with herpes being incurable. The incurability and recurrent nature of herpes makes it a control issue and no one likes to lose control. There is an unbuilding factor in this issue. There...
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...everyday are being born with HIV and as a result, many children lose their parents or relatives. Each child knows that their life is limited and eventually they will die sooner or later. Although the HIV epidemic is spreading, some programs like UNAIDS were established to assist the worldwide fight against Aids. Many people have to take medication and live with this burden for the rest of their life. The spread of Aids in Africa has become an epidemic due to its progression and continuous spread despite the help, HIV has affected South Africa society and economy severely, and the epidemic continues to spread in South Africa due to the Governments lack of attention and misinformed people. Many people are unaware of the true facts about the virus and its reality. Aids is an acquired immune deficiency syndrome, which is a Retrovirus. This condition severely weakens the immune system. It becomes so weak and damaged that it becomes unable to fight off any infections. Imagine having no hands and having to box, that is basically what happens to the...
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...THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY BY DEBRA JAMES WIU IT-330 Abstract Once before there was a business profit speed breaker called Macro Virus, and today it is still prevalent to a lesser extent, even though; Microsoft did do something about it, to where it is under control, but; still very much around. (Brightub articles 2011) .explains the well knows macro virus was a stark reminder of its disastrous power. In today’s world of technology computer viruses attack the software of a computer- the operating system usually attacks the software. (Microsoft /TechNet 2011), states the macro virus is known as a written virus in the internal macro language of applications. In some cases macro virus can cause no damage to the data, however; in other cases, macros viruses have been written that can cause damage to your work. This paper explains. What macro viruses are? How they spread. What affect they have? How to avoid a macro virus How to protect your computer What are Macro viruses…..? A macro virus is a computer infraction written in macro language, which is commonly built into word processing applications. (Goggle 2011, pg., 1) In general, Marcos viruses are a series of commands and executions that help automate specific tasks. Regardless of how many they create, they must be executed by a system that is able to interpret stored commands. There are some macro systems that are actually self-contained utilities while others are built into more advanced applications for users...
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...the living room with your iPhone. This makes music listening much less of a hassle with the current copyright laws for same home users. The possibilities are endless with this technology. NOTE: If you haven't backed up your iPad, it might be wise to do it before installing the new iOS 4.3. After you have updated iTunes to the most recent version, follow the instructions below to update your iPad to iOS 4.3. Normal Update Procedures: 1) Open iTunes 2) Connect your iPad to you computer 7) Updating takes anywhere...
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...Turbo also comes in handy for those who love music and need to compose their own tunes. It is user-friendly software that does not have professional knowledge as a pre-requisite for its use. Why Is Dub Turbo Worth Your Money And Not A Dub Turbo Free Download? It is an economically priced, easy to use tool and it is the most affordable beat maker available in the market. It allows users to install a free 60 day trial so that they can use the software for a while before actually deciding to buy it. Also, video tutorials are included in the package to help make using Dub Turbo for beginners even more easy. It includes 4 sample libraries that consist of beats that are as good as those recorded by professionals, a drum machine, 16 track audio sequencer and keyboard interface. Why should you go for a Dub Turbo free download when you are being offered all this for as low as $50? Ever Thought Why You Are Being Offered Dub Turbo Free Download? The question arises; why are you being offered a Dub Turbo free download? It’s pretty simple. Those who offer you a free download want to infect your PC with virus, malware and spyware. Hackers usually include hidden files and data in the pirated software that can help them launch their latest virus via your system. This is the only way available to hackers because they cannot request people to try a latest virus on their PCs. Moreover, they get paid for every PC they successfully infect with the virus, spyware and malware. This method is called...
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...Task 1: Firewall is software or hardware based network security system to protect between your computer network and the internet. Hardware firewalls are best suited to business and large networks, whereas Software firewalls are best suited for home use. Hardware firewalls is a small metal box so one could hook up to a computer network just like if you were to add a printer etc. Software firewalls gives you a level of protections from hackers and unwanted intrusions. Software firewalls packages has anti spam, antivirus, even anti-popup ads. There are also parental controls to manage what or certain websites your minor can visit. Barracuda Firewall is the newest Hardware. It has email, web, and network security. Barracuda provides intrusion prevention, virus scanning, content filtering, and reporting. Barracuda Firewall is perfect fit for small and medium sized businesses. Zone Alarm protect your PC from viruses and spyware, also has internet firewall, internet browser security and theft prevention, and email virus scan. This is example of a software firewall, great for home use. Task 2: Avg, and Panda offer Free anti-virus programs to protect your computer. Norton and Kaspersky offer trial run versions for a number of months then thereafter one could purchase the anti-virus program. Trojan horse programs is a type of file converters, but also it could install harmful programs such as spyware and rootkits. Malicious email attachments are a way for a sender to transmit files...
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...A virus is a small infectious agent that replicates inside of living organisms. viruses can infect all types of living forms from animals humans and other cells and bacteria.There are many harmful viruses in the world however one of the most deadliest virus's known to man is the Ebola virus.The Ebola virus is one of the most difficult to contain or control. It also is one of the fastest killing viruses in the world. I personally have researched other viruses and diseases in the past for highschool,but Ebola after researching it scares me the most. The ebola virus is a very complex level four virus. Level four viruses are extremely lethal, and there is no cure for them yet, not does there seem to be a cure for them or ebola in the near future. To give you an example of just how lethal level four viruses like ebola are, AIDS is only a level three virus, and requires minimal protection when working with it. The protection required for working with the ebola virus consists of wearing three layers of gloves, and giant space suits. Only people with top government security are allowed into these airtight rooms where this all takes place. The virus is a member of the family filoviridae.Throughout media coverage, talk at work, or just rumors, you tend to think that just by being near someone with the virus that you will contact it.My daughter and niece even play around saying don't touch me or I will get Ebola. However the reality of it is that it can only be contracted through...
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... A. Subpoint: One and foremost internet provides us with an easy pass of communication 1. Now a days social networking plays a big part in society, Networks such as ( Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube etc.) it’s like an addiction and that wouldn’t be so if there weren’t any internet access 2. It’s a great way to say in contact with distant family members, old friends , meeting potential lovers, and sharing all kinds of crazy pictures and videos Ex: your friend goes to Miami shares pictures online and has you excited and ready to get everything together for next year summers trip. Not only is communication an important factor but... B. Subpoint: The internet has become a big block of knowledge, there is every topic you can think of under the sun and you can expect to see that somewhere in the world someone has had the same question Ex: Google for instincts, it has everything from scholarly articles to articles directed especially for children. 1. It’s so common to run to your iPad, computer, even phone to get on the internet for assistant with...
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...Check your computer for spyware. This is a type of software that runs in the background and monitors your usage, sending information back to companies without your approval. Image titled Make Your Laptop Work Faster Step 44 Install anti-virus software. This may seem counter-intuitive, but anti-virus software keeps malicious programs from invading your computer that could slow it down a lot more than an anti-virus program could. Image titled Make Your Laptop Work Faster Step 55 Keep big files off the desktop. If you tend to download a lot of things off the internet, chances are you keep it on the desktop. If your desktop looks cluttered, move any non-essential files into a separate folder. This keeps your computer from having to keep track of them whenever it is turned on. Image titled Make Your Laptop Work Faster Step 6 6 Disable Windows Aero. Aero makes the edges of windows pretty (semi-transparent) making your computer seem "smoother." If your computer isn't up to all these graphics, Aero will bog it down. To disable Aero, right click anywhere on your desktop and select "Personalize" from the drop-down menu. On the list of themes that appears, scroll to the bottom and select "Windows Classic." Image titled Make Your Laptop Work Faster Step 77 Upgrade your memory. If you want great performance without sacrificing your programs, you may want to consider a memory upgrade. These typically run $50 - 70 for laptops, and most small places will install it for free. A memory...
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