Computer worms and viruses

What is a Trojan horse?

A malicious program disguised inside of another program seemingly beneficial or harmless.

What is a stealth virus?

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

What's a boot sector virus?

A virus which copies it self onto a computer off of a disk when the computer is booted up.

What was the first book/paper about a virus?

Began in 1949 when Jon Von Neumann wrote a paper call the theory and organization of complicated automata.

What parts of a computer can a virus effect?

Hard drive,CD Drive,any storage device

What is a piece of a virus attaching itself to a larger,more frequently used program?

Host program

What are some examples of spreading medians?

Internet,downloading attachments or music or cd or thumb driver

What is a computer worm?

Is an independent program, it does not attach itself to files or programs.

What is a computer virus?

It is a malicious computer program created by a user with objective to harm or steal another's property.

What was the first virus ever created by man?

It was called the elk cloner virus and it was initially was made just as a prank but then it opened a lot of room for people to make a virus as well.

Why and when was the computer and abuse act made/amended?

It was made in 1986 and was amended in 1994 and 1996. It was amended because innovative worms and viruses.

What are the two types of viruses called?

Stealth virus and boot sector virus

What is piggybacking?

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

What is payload?

The malicious activity a computer virus or worm is designed to do

A Trojan horse will usually do what once it's inside the system?

Will generally gain access to administrative areas on the computer. Once it has gained access to these areas, it will create a back door.this will give the creator of the Trojan unauthorized to the users computer and the information it contains.

What book thought people on how to make a virus?

Burgers book

How many years can you be in jail for a computer crime?

20 years

What is a network worm?

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

What is a host worm?

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

What is a host program?

A large,frequently run program attached to a virus

How does a network worm multiply?

Multiplies by copying a segment of itself onto another computer over a network.

What are the two types of worms?

Network worm and a host worm

What is it called when a virus modifies a program?

Piggybacking