PARTS OF VIRUS AND KEY TERMS Flashcards
What are the arts of the virus
Infection mechanism, trigger, payload
Also called infection vector, this is how the virus spreads
Infection mechanism
Part of the virus that determines the condition for which payload is activated
Trigger
The body of the virus that executes the malicious activity
Payload
What are the stages of Virus
Dormant phase, Propagation phase, Trigger Phase, Execution Phase
Stands for malicious software
Malware
Tells how the user how the website will handlr its data
Privacy policy
Designed to transfer from one computer to another
Virus
A malicious program designed to replicate itself
Worms
Malicious program designed tgat id disguised as a useful program but leaves your PC unprotected
Trojan
A program that runs in the background without you knowing
Spyware
Designed to send you advertisement mostly pop ups
Spam
Acquires sensitive personal information like passwords and credit cards
Phising
A complicated way of phising where it exploits the DNS system
Pharming
A part of law wherein you have the rights to work, anyone who uses w/o your consent is punishable by law
Copyright
An intellectual property may be used w/o consent as long as it is used in commentaries, criticism, parodies research and etc
Fair use
Used to record the keytsrokes done by users
Keyloggers
A form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users to believe that there is a virus on ther computer and manipulates them into paying money
Rogue security software
