VIRUS

VIRUS
 a malicious program that self-replicates by
copying itself to another program
 can wreak havoc in a system by modifying or
destroying files causing system crashes and
program malfunctions
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TYPES OF VIRUS
BOOT SECTOR VIRUS
This type of virus infects the master boot record and
it’s challenging and a complex task to remove this
virus and often requires the system to be formatted.
Mostly it spreads through removable disk.

TYPES OF VIRUS
DIRECT ACTION VIRUS
This is also called non-resident virus, it gets
installed or stays hidden in the computer memory. It
stays attached to the specific type of files that it
infect. It does not affect the user experience and
system’s performance.

TYPES OF VIRUS
RESIDENT VIRUS
Unlike direct viruses, resident viruses get installed on the
computer. It is difficult to identify the virus and it is even
difficult to remove a resident virus.

MULTIPARTITE VIRUS
This type of virus spreads through multiple ways. It infects
both the boot sector and executable files at the same time.

TYPES OF VIRUS
POLYMORPHIC VIRUS
This type of viruses are difficult to identity with a
traditional anti-virus program. This is because the
polymorphic virus alters its signature pattern
whenever it replicates.

TYPES OF VIRUS
MACRO VIRUSES
It targets macro language commands in applications
like Microsoft Word. The macro viruses are
designed to add their malicious code to the genuine
macro sequences in a Word file.

TYPES OF VIRUS
SPACEFILLER VIRUS
This is also called “CAVITY VIRUS”. This is called
so as they fill up the empty spaces between the code
and hence does not cause any damage to the file

TYPES OF VIRUS
FILE INFECTOR
Few file infector viruses come attached with program
files, such as .com or .exe files. Some file infector
viruses infect any program for which execution is
requested, including .sys, .ovl, .prg, and .mnu files.
Consequently, when the particular program is loaded,
the virus is also loaded.

TYPES OF VIRUS
OVERWRITE VIRUSES
The virus design purpose tends to vary and overwrite
viruses are predominantly designed to destroy a file or
application’s data. This type of virus deletes all the
files that it infects. The only possible mechanism to
remove is to delete the infected files and the end-user
has to lose all the contents in it

TYPES OF VIRUS
ROOTKIT VIRUSES
A malware type which secretly installs an illegal
rootkit on an infected system. This opens the door
for the attackers and gives them full control of the
system.

TYPES OF VIRUS
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IMPACTS OF VIRUS
CAN DAMAGE FILES
CAN SLOW SYSTEM
CAN SHOW MESSAGES
CAN TAKE CONTROL
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10 MOST DESTRUCTIVE
COMPTER VIRUSES OF
THE HISTORY
TOP 10
Flashback
Though not as damaging as the rest of the malware on
this list, this is one of the few Mac malware to have gain
notoriety as it showed that Macs are not immune. The
Trojan was first discovered in 2011 by antivirus
company Intego as a fake Flash install.
TOP 9
CryptoLocker
It is a form of Trojan horse ransomware targeted at computers
running Windows. It uses several methods to spread itself,
such as email, and once a computer is infected, it will proceed
to encrypt certain files on the hard drive and any mounted
storage connected to it with RSA public key cryptography.
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Mydoom
Surfacing in 2004, Mydoom was a worm for Windows that
became one of the fastest spreading email worm since
ILOVEYOU. The author is unknown and it is believed that the
creator was paid to create it. It was named by McAfee
employee Craig Schmugar, one of the people who had
originally discovered it. ‘mydom’ was a line of text in the
program’s code (my domain) and sensing this was going to be
big, added ‘doom’ into it.
TOP 7
Stuxnet
Believed to have been created by the Israeli Defence Force
together with the American Government, Stuxnet is an example
of a virus created for the purpose of cyberwarfare, as it was
intended to disrupt the nuclear efforts of the Iranians. It was
estimated that Stuxnet has managed to ruin one fifth of Iran’s
nuclear centrifuges and that nearly 60% of infections were
concentrated in Iran
TOP 6
Conficker
Also known as Downup or Downadup, Conficker is a worm
of unknown authorship for Windows that made its first
appearance in 2008. It infects computers using flaws in the
OS to create a botnet. The malware was able to infect more
than 9 millions computers all around the world, affecting
governments, businesses and individuals.
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Zeus
The majority of computers were infected either through drive-
by downloads or phishing scams. First identified in 2009, it
managed to compromise thousands of FTP accounts and
computers from large multinational corporations and banks such
as Amazon, Oracle, Bank of America, Cisco, etc. Controllers of
the Zeus botnet used it to steal the login credentials of social
network, email and banking accounts.
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Sasser
A Windows worm first discovered in 2004, it was created by
computer science student Sven Jaschan, who also created the
Netsky worm. While the payload itself may be seen as simply
annoying (it slows down and crashes the computer, while
making it hard to reset without cutting the power), the effects
were incredibly disruptive, with millions of computers being
infected, and important, critical infrastructure affected.
TOP 3
Melissa
Named after an exotic dancer from Florida, it was created
by David L. Smith in 1999. It started as an infected Word
document that was posted up on the alt.sex usenet group,
claiming to be a list of passwords for pornographic sites.
This got people curious and when it was downloaded and
opened, it would trigger the macro inside and unleash its
payload.
TOP 2
Code Red
It first surfaced on 2001 and was discovered by two eEye
Digital Security. It leaves very little trace on the hard disk
as it is able to run entirely on memory, with a size of
3,569 bytes. Once infected, it will proceed to make a
hundred copies of itself but due to a bug in the
programming, it will duplicate even more and ends up
eating a lot of the systems resources.
TOP 1
ILOVEYOU
The ILOVEYOU virus is considered one of the most
virulent computer virus ever created and it’s not hard to see
why. The virus managed to wreck havoc on computer
systems all over the world, causing damages totaling in at
an estimate of $10 billion. 10% of the world’s Internet-
connected computers were believed to have been infected.
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