Malware Flashcards
Boot Sector virus
viruses stored in the first sector of a hard drive and are loaded into memory on boot up
What is a Macro virus?
When is it executed?
virus embeded in documents
executed when opened
Program virus
infect an executable or application
Multipartite virus
Example?
combo between boot sector/program
virus in the boot sector and redownload itself every time it boots
polymorphic virus
changes itself every time its executed by altering decryption module
Metamorphic virus
rewrites itself BEFORE it attempts to infect a file
Armored virus
layers of pertection to confuse a program to avoid detection
Hoax virus
example?
Tries to trick the user to download.
fake windows update
What do worms do
self-replicate and spread without a users consent or action
What is a Trojan Horse
malware that is disguised as harmless. it will preform as advertised but has will also preform malicious function
Remote access trojan
provides attacker remote control access to victim machine
spam
abuse of electronic messaging systems
