Computer Worms & Viruses

Stealth Virus

a virus in which if anyone attempted to view an infected sector, the virus would replace it with the clean, original version of the sector

20 Years

Imprisonment time for a compuer virus can range from 0 to ...

Elk Cloner

The first virus created in 1982 was the ________ virus.

Network Worm

a computer worm that copies different segments of itself to computers linked together in a network

Host Worm

a computer worm that copies itself to another computer in a network and then deletes itself completely from the previous computer in which it was contained

Macro

a fairly common virus that affects small Word automatic functions

Host Program

a large, frequently run program that the virus is attached to

Computer Virus

a malicious computer program created by a user with objectives to harm or steal another's property

Trojan Horse

a malicious program disguised inside of another program that seems beneficial or harmless

Boot Sector Virus

a virus that copies itself onto a computer off of a disk when the computer is booted up; when someone else inserts a disk into the computer, the virus is downloaded

Computer Worm

an independent program that multiplies itself by copying a segment of itself onto another computer

Piggybacking

the act of a computer virus attaching itself to another computer program

Payload

the malicious activity a computer virus or worm is designed to perform

Network and Host Worm

What are the two types of computer worms?

administrative

A Trojan horse will generally attempt to gain access to which type of area on a computer?