Virus

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simplest computer virus that overwrites the code of the host computer system’s file with its own malicious code.

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Overwrite Virus:

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this virus appends its malicious code to the end of the host program’s file.

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Append Virus:

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alters or infects the macros of a document or data file.

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Macro virus

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virus alters the boot sector program stored in the hard disk

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Boot virus or boot sector

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stays permanently in the primary memory (RAM)

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Resident virus

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does not reside in the memory of a computer.

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Non-resident virus

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spreads and infects in multiple ways.

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Multipartite virus

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commonly found computer viruses.

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File injector virus

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similar to a virus but is technically different from the virus.

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Computer worm

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Unwanted computer program

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Computer virus

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It can’t replicate like virus and worm.

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Trojan horse

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Also known as spacefiller virus

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Cavity virus

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tends to install itself by occupying the empty sections of a file.

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Cavity virus

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CMOS MEANS?

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Complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

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This virus can erase or reset the system configuration.

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virus can erase or reset the system configuration. CMOS VIRUS

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It resides itself in a file whose name is similar to another program file,

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Companion Virus:

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encrypts its payload to make its detection more difficult.

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Encrypted Virus:

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non-resident computer virus,

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Executable virus

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creates its thousands of copies itself;

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Polymorphic virus

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Rabbit virus is also known as?

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Wabbit

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Wabbit means

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Fork bomb

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It is capable of creating new processes, and each of the new process further creates new processes.

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Rabbit virus

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a hidden computer virus,

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Stealth virus