Amir Irfan Bin Farizuddin

4 Kuning


IMPACT OF ICT ON
SOCIETY
VIRUS
Definition of Virus
Types of Virus
Ways to prevent
Conclusion
Reference
List of members
CONTENT
A piece of code which is capable of
copying itself and typically has a
detrimental effect, such as
corrupting the system or destroying
data.

DEFINITION OF VIRUS
Boot Sect or Vi r us
I nf ect s t he f i rst sect or of t he hard dr i ve, wher e t he Mast er Boot Record
( MBR) i s st ored. The Mast er Boot Record ( MBR) st or es t he di sk' s pr i mar y
part i t i on t abl e and t o st ore boot st rappi ng i nst ruct i ons whi ch are execut ed
af t er t he comput er' s BI OS passes execut i on t o machi ne code. I f a comput er
i s i nf ect ed wi t h Boot Sect or Vi rus, t he vi rus l aunches i mmedi at el y and i s
l oaded i nt o memor y, enabl i ng i t t o cont rol t he comput er.
Ret r ovi r us
I s anot her t ype vi rus whi ch t r i es t o at t ack and di sabl e t he ant i - vi rus
appl i cat i on runni ng on t he comput er. A ret r ovi r us can be consi dered ant i -
ant i vi rus. Some Ret rovi ruses at t ack t he ant i - vi rus appl i cat i on and st op i t
f r om r unni ng or some ot her dest roys t he vi r us def i ni t i on dat abase.
St eal t h vi r uses
Have t he capabi l i t y t o hi de f rom operat i ng syst em or ant i - vi rus sof t ware by
maki ng changes t o f i l e si zes or di rect or y st ruct ure. St eal t h vi ruses are ant i -
heur i st i c nat ure whi ch hel ps t hem t o hi de f r om heur i st i c det ect i on.
TYPE OF VIRUSES
Pol ymor phi c Vi r uses
Change t hei r f or m i n or der t o avoi d det ect i on and di si nf ect i on by ant i - vi rus
appl i cat i ons. Af t er t he wor k, t hese t ypes of vi r uses t r y t o hi de f r om t he ant i -
vi r us appl i cat i on by encrypt i ng par t s of t he vi r us i t sel f .
Ar mor ed Vi r uses
Type of vi r uses t hat ar e desi gned and wr i t t en t o make i t sel f di f f i cul t t o det ect
or anal yze. An Ar mor ed Vi r us may al so have t he abi l i t y t o pr ot ect i t sel f f r om
ant i vi r us pr ograms, maki ng i t mor e di f f i cul t t o di si nf ect .
Fi l e Del et i ng Vi r uses
Desi gned t o del et e cr i t i cal f i l es whi ch ar e t he par t of Oper at i ng Syst em or
dat a f i l es.
Macr o vi r uses
wr i t t en by usi ng t he Macr o pr ogr ammi ng l anguages l i ke VBA, whi ch i s a
f eat ure of MS of f i ce package. A macr o i s a way t o aut omat e and si mpl i f y a
t ask t hat you per f orm r epeat edl y i n MS of f i ce sui t . These macr os ar e usual l y
st ored as par t of t he document or spr eadsheet and can t r avel t o ot her
syst ems when t hese f i l es ar e t r ansf erred t o anot her comput ers.

I nst al l a rel i abl e ant i vi rus program
From t he f i rst moment you t urn your comput er on, you shoul d have a
t rust ed ant i vi rus program by your si de. Even i f you have a machi ne t hat
i sn t hooked up t o t he I nt ernet , a rel i abl e ant i vi rus program i s a l ow cost
and common sense addi t i on t o any machi ne. There are even f ree ant i
vi rus programs you can downl oad t hat work al most as wel l as i ndust ry
gi ant s l i ke Nort on and McAf ee.
Avoi d suspi ci ous websi t es
A good vi rus prot ect i on program wi l l al ert you when you vi si t a websi t e
t hat at t empt s t o i nst al l or run a program on your comput er. Many l ess
t han reput abl e adul t websi t es do t hi s, so i f you get a warni ng, don t go
back, you may end up wi t h a bug you can t get ri d of .
I nst al l a Fi rewal l
A f i rewal l i s a program t hat screens i ncomi ng I nt ernet and net work
t raff i c. Al ong wi t h your vi rus program, i t can hel p prevent unaut hori zed
access t o your comput er.
WAYS TO PREVENT VIRUS
Wat ch Your Downl oads
Part of t he f un of t he I nt ernet i s downl oadi ng musi c, movi es and ot her
i t ems. However, si nce t hese downl oads are so massi ve, i t can be easy
t o sneak a vi rus al ong f or t he ri de. Onl y downl oad t hese f i l es f rom
t rust ed si t es t hat you can count on, or, at t he very l east , scan t hem
bef ore you open t hem.

St ay Away From Cracked Sof t ware
I t i s so secret t hat you can downl oad i l l egal , cracked versi ons of some
programs onl i ne. As t empt i ng as i t may be, t hese f i l es are al most al ways
i nf est ed wi t h advanced and di ff i cul t t o det ect bugs. Pl ay i t saf e and get
your sof t ware f rom t he source.
Viruses are very dangerous so always be
careful when using computers
Never download files from unknown sites
Always scan the file before downloading

CONCLUSION
anti vi rus-software.topchoi cerevi ews.com

http://en.wi ki pedi a.org/wi ki /Computer_vi rus

http://en.wi ki pedi a.org/wi ki /Li st_of_computer_vi ruses
REFERENCES
Thariq Aiman
Aiman Haziq
Eilhan Nur
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