Software Attacks 💀
These are programs written deliberately to vandalize someone’s computer or to use that computer in an unauthorized way. There are many forms of malicious software; sometimes the media refers to all malicious software as viruses. This is not correct and it’s important to understand the distinction between the various types as it has some bearing on how you react to the attack. The discussions that follow attempt to make clear distinctions
between malicious software types. Realize that often a malicious program may have characteristics of more than one of these types ( a virus that attacks files but also
spreads itself across a network). Don’t get confused , just try to understand the major differences.
Virus Types ….
● System Sector Viruses
These infect control information on the disk itself.
● File Viruses
These infect program (COM and EXE) files.
● Macro Viruses
These infect files you might think of as data files. But,
because they contain macro programs they can be
infected.
● Companion Viruses
A special type that adds files that run first to your
disk.
● Cluster Viruses
A special type that infects through the disk directory.
● Batch File Viruses
These use text batch files to infect.
● Source Code Viruses
These add code to actual program source code.
● Visual Basic Worms
These worms use the Visual Basic language to control the computer and perform tasks.
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