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
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