COMPUTER VIRUSES - CURRENT STATUS, FUTURE TRENDS AND POSSIBLE ADVANTAGES. (c) Jean-Paul Van Belle Note: this was an early draft version - couldn't dig up the final version ;-) Abstract This paper attempts to take a longer term perspective on the computer virus technology. Firstly, viruses are defined, described and classified. Popular anti-virus protection mechanisms are listed. The current impact of viruses is briefly assessed and an attempt is made to isolate and project some expected
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Computer Virus A computer virus is a malicious piece of executable code that propagates typically by attaching itself to a host document that will generally be an executable file. ✓ Typical hosts for computer viruses are: – Executable files (such as the ‘.exe’ files in Windows machines) that may be sent around as email attachments – Boot sectors of disk partitions – Script files for system administration (such as the batch files in Windows machines, shell script files in Unix
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System Attacks As computer users, we often just go about our lives, using our computers and networks and not even worrying about what may be out there waiting to attack our systems. Many attacks occur and the user has no idea that it is occurring or has occurred until something goes wrong with the system. System attacks occur when a hacker finds ways to take advantage of any vulnerability that your computer may have to gain access to the user’s system. One of the main ways that they do this is
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report also analyses the spread of viruses and defines certain measures that computer users may take into account to avoid viruses. Overall ,it was learnt from the report that it is important to keep us updated about computer viruses to be able to successfully safeguard us from computer virus attacks Introduction to Computer Virus: Viruses are mischievous programs, the purpose of which is to disrupt the sensible use of computers. It is a type of a mal-ware and do
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article”What is a Computer Virus” computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation. Computer virus can attack computers in many ways and are often damaging to the computer. These viruses often spread without a persons knowledge about the virus and can be specially damaging to computers and expensive to those who own the computers to repair. Viruses can also affect program and the performance of the computer and cause
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(if we don’t find it)!” In today’s society, cybercrimes are considered a greater threat than ever. Computer crime can be defined as a crime that is committed where the computer or electronic data device is integral to the criminal act (Kranacher, Riley, and Wells 114). Although many do not believe that they can cause any vital damage, cybercrimes such as wiretapping, piggybacking, and computer viruses can have significant repercussions on various organizations. By identifying the type of cybercrime
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A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself[1] and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly, but erroneously, used to refer to other types of malware, including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability. Malware includes computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, most rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware and other malicious or unwanted software, including true viruses. Viruses are sometimes confused
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Explain the difficulty of creating a computer virus and discuss the frequency with which this happens. The degree of virus was determined by the complexity of the logic that the user or creator want to give and want to do. The programming language of choice for developing virus is the Assembler as the so called high-level languages such as Turbo Pascal, C, database managers, etc., are designed to produce software applications. Using different techniques to create complex virus the person succeeds
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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
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How to make computer safe Nowadays people’s lives revolve around computers Internet shopping, internet banking, storage of valuable information communication, to site a few. The need to secure and protect the computer comes to be of great importance. Make the computer safe from what? * From hackers * Viruses, internet worms. * Corrupt registry, pc errors * Crashing of hard drive, operating system failure * Unauthorized users, spies * Online threats * Internet scams
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