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NasrinAkter
ShahidulIslam
Sheikh Mohammad
Tamim
AzizurRahman
Computer viruses are a type of software program that, like a biological virus, reproduces and spreads itself.
Some virus may display only a message on the screen, others may slow down the Pc.
They can also erase files or even format your floppy or hard disk and crash the system.
Rich Skrenta
The first computer
virus was called
‘Creeper’. It was
invented in the early
1970s.
Since then, millions
of viruses have
been invented. The
first know computer
virus was written in
1981 by a man
named Rich
Skrenta.
Accepting without reading
Opening e-mail attachments
Downloading infected software
By installing infected files
Sharing infected files through pen
drive, memory card or Bluetooth
Browsing without anti virus
Logging in to account from a link
received in e -mail, IM, or social
networking
Letters look like they are falling to the
bottom of screen
The computer system become slow
The size of available free memory
reduces
The hard disk run out of space
The computer does not boot
File got missing
File turn into short cut
Virus programs can be stored in secondary storage such as a hard drive, flash drive, floppy disk or CD and DVD disks like other programs.
Viruses can and do reside in RAM, but the virus programs are lost when the power is turned off.
Typically a computer virus is a program that can copy itself.
There are different types of viruses. They are :
Memory Resident Viruses
Boot Sector Viruses
Macro VIRUS
Multipartite Virus
Worms
Trojans
and many more…………….
These viruses fix themselves in the computer memory and get activated whenever the OS runs and infects all the files that there are opened.
HIDEOUT :- These type of virus hides in the RAM and stays there even after the malicious code is executed. It gets control over the system memory and allocate memory blocks through which it runs its own code, and executes the code when any function is executed.
TARGET :- It can corrupt files and programs that are opened closed, copied, renamed etc.
EXAMPLES :- Randex, CMJ etc.
This type of virus affects the boot sector of a hard disk. This is
a crucial part of the disk, in which information of the disk
itself is stored along with a program that makes it possible to
boot the computer from the disk. This type of virus is also
called Master Boot Sector Virus or Master Boot Record
Virus.
HIDEOUT :- It hides in the memory unit DOS accesses the
floppy disk, and whichever boot data is accessed, the virus
infects it.
EXAMPLES :- Polyboot.B, AntiEXE etc.
A macro virus is a computer virus that alters or replaces a macro, which is a set of commands used by programs to perform common actions.
For example, the “open document action” in many word processing programs relies on a macro to function, since there are several discrete steps in the process.
HIDEOUT :- These hide in documents that are shared via e-mail or networks.
EXAMPLES :- Relax, Melissa.A, Bablas, 097M/Y2K
These type of viruses spared in multiple ways
possible. It may vary in its action depending upon
the operating system installed and the presence of
certain files.
HIDEOUT:- In the initial phase, these viruses tend
to hide in the memory as the resident viruses do,
then they infect the hard disk.
EXAMPLES :- Invader, Flip etc.
A worm is a program very similar to a virus, it has the ability to self-replicate and can lead to negative effects on your system.
HIDEOUT:- This generally spread through e-mails and networks. They do not infects files or damage them, but they replicate so fast that the entire network may collapse.
EXAMPLES :- PSWBugbear.B, Lovagate.F etc.
Another unsavory breed of malicious code are trojan or trojan hores, which unlike viruses, do not reproduce by infecting other file, not do they self-replicate like worms. Infect it is a program which disguises itself as a useful program or application.
Install quality antivirus
Perform daily scans
Don't click on email links or attachments
Try to avoid downloading and installing software from the internet
Regularly update the program
Different Types of Anti-Viruses …