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    Virus Can Crash Window. Virus Can Remove Window Files Due To This The Computer System Slow Down. Virus Can Stole The Valuable Data of Your Computer

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    The document provides examples and information about 5 types of computer viruses: 1) Worm viruses replicate themselves across networks and deplete system resources. The first was released in 1988. 2) Trojan viruses mislead users and enable remote control of infected computers. The first was created in 1975. 3) Boot sector viruses infect startup sectors and can cause boot or data problems. The first was created in 1981. 4) Web scripting viruses breach browser security, alter settings, and spread via webpages/emails. They were enabled by the creation of JavaScript in 1995. 5) Polymorphic viruses mutate while keeping their algorithm intact, avoiding detection. The first was created in 1990 as a research project.

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    The document provides examples and information about 5 types of computer viruses: 1) Worm viruses replicate themselves across networks and deplete system resources. The first was released in 1988. 2) Trojan viruses mislead users and enable remote control of infected computers. The first was created in 1975. 3) Boot sector viruses infect startup sectors and can cause boot or data problems. The first was created in 1981. 4) Web scripting viruses breach browser security, alter settings, and spread via webpages/emails. They were enabled by the creation of JavaScript in 1995. 5) Polymorphic viruses mutate while keeping their algorithm intact, avoiding detection. The first was created in 1990 as a research project.

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    The document provides examples and information about 5 types of computer viruses: 1) Worm viruses replicate themselves across networks and deplete system resources. The first was released in 1988. 2) Trojan viruses mislead users and enable remote control of infected computers. The first was created in 1975. 3) Boot sector viruses infect startup sectors and can cause boot or data problems. The first was created in 1981. 4) Web scripting viruses breach browser security, alter settings, and spread via webpages/emails. They were enabled by the creation of JavaScript in 1995. 5) Polymorphic viruses mutate while keeping their algorithm intact, avoiding detection. The first was created in 1990 as a research project.

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    BSCS II

    Cs 111

    Give Examples of computer Virus in compuater at least 5

    1. Meaning
    2. Function
    3. Disadvantages
    4. Created

    1.WORM VIRUS

    -Meaning

    Computer worm is a standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread
    to other computers. It often uses a computer network to spread itself, relying on security failures on
    the target computer to access it. It will use this machine as a host to scan and infect other
    computers.

    -Function

    Worms can modify and delete files, and they can even inject additional malicious software onto a
    computer. Sometimes a computer worm’s purpose is only to make copies of itself over and over —
    depleting system resources, such as hard drive space or bandwidth, by overloading a shared
    network.

    -Disadvantages
     Virus can crash window.
     Virus can remove window files due to this the computer system slow down.
     virus can stole the valuable data of your computer.

    -Created

    On November 2, 1988, a computer science student at Cornell University named Robert Morris
    released the first worm onto the Internet from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (As a
    guest on the campus, he hoped to remain anonymous.)

    2. TROJAN VIRUS

    -Meaning

    In computing, a Trojan horse is any malware which misleads users of its true intent. The term is
    derived from the Ancient Greek story of the deceptive Trojan Horse that led to the fall of the city of
    Troy.

    -Function
    How Trojans can impact you. A backdoor Trojan gives malicious users remote control over the
    infected computer. They enable the author to do anything they wish on the infected computer –
    including sending, receiving, launching and deleting files, displaying data and rebooting the
    computer.

    -Disadvantages

    A virus or a Trojan may delete critical system elements, thus disabling the OS, overload the network
    with a DDoS attack, or otherwise negatively affect the system’s operability. Fatal problems are often
    caused by a bug in the virus’ code or principle of operation.

    -Created

    Called ANIMAL, the first Trojan (although there is some debate as to whether this was a Trojan, or
    simply another virus) was developed by computer programmer John Walker in 1975, according to
    Fourmilab.

    3. BOOT SECTOR VIRUS

    -Meaning

    Boot sector virus is a type of virus that infects the boot sector of floppy disks or the Master Boot
    Record (MBR) of hard disks (some infect the boot sector of the hard disk instead of the MBR). ...
    While boot sector viruses infect at a BIOS level, they use DOS commands to spread to other floppy
    disks.

    -Function

    The boot sector contains all the files required to start the operating system (OS) and other bootable
    programs. The viruses run at boot up, allowing them to execute malicious code during start-up time
    – before many security layers are executed, including antivirus software. There are two types of boot
    sector viruses.

    -Disadvantages

    A boot sector virus can cause a variety of boot or data retrieval problems. In some cases, data
    disappear from entire partitions. In other cases, the computer suddenly becomes unstable. Often
    the infected computer fails to start up or to find the hard drive.

    -Created

    Who created the first boot sector virus? Richard Skrenta created the first boot sector virus, called
    Elk Cloner, in 1981.

    4.WEB SCRIPTING VIRUS


    -Meaning

    Web Scripting Virus is malware that has the capacity to breach web browser security. When it
    breaches the web browser security, it injects some malicious code to take over the web browser and
    alter some settings. This type of malware spreads like any other computer virus.

    -Function

    Functions of the web scripting virus :

    It breaches the web browser security to take over the web browser and make some changes in it.

    It can also be used for sending spam emails(phishing).

    It can also spread and affect the system of the user through ads that pop-up on the webpage.

    It can also be used to create a malicious link, which could be sent as an attachment in an Email.

    Disadvantages

    Disadvantage of the web scripting virus :

    It can damage the data of the user.

    It can be used to steal confidential data.

    -Created

    It all happened in six months from May to December 1995. Netscape Communications Corporation
    had a strong presence in the young web. Its browser, Netscape Communicator, was gaining traction
    as a competitor to NCSA Mosaic, the first popular web browser. Netscape was founded by the very
    same people that took part in the development of Mosaic during the early 90s, and now, with
    money and independence, they had the necessary freedom to seek further ways to expand the web.
    And that is precisely what gave birth to JavaScript.

    5.POLYMORPHIC VIRUS

    -Meaning

    In computing, polymorphic code is code that uses a polymorphic engine to mutate while keeping the
    original algorithm intact. That is, the code changes itself each time it runs, but the function of the
    code will not change at all.

    -Function

    Polymorphic viruses are complex file infectors that can create modified versions of itself to avoid
    detection yet retain the same basic routines after every infection. Polymorphic viruses rely on
    mutation engines to alter their decryption routines every time they infect a machine.

    -Disadvantages

    After a polymorphic decryptor can be detected, using it becomes a disadvantage to virus writers
    because any new viruses are covered by the same detection. Such detections, however, usually
    come with the price of several false positives and false negatives.

    -@Created
    The first known polymorphic virus was called 1260, or V2PX, and it was created in 1990 as part of a
    research project. The author, computer researcher Mark Washburn, wanted to demonstrate the
    limitations of virus scanners at that time.

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