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Section C: MALICIOUS and DESTRUCTIVE Programs: Virus

This document discusses several types of malicious and destructive programs, including viruses, worms, logic bombs, back doors, and Trojan horses. Viruses attach to other programs to destroy files and operating systems, while worms replicate themselves until exhausting system memory. Logic bombs are destructive programs triggered by predetermined events. Back doors and Trojan horses allow unauthorized access by bypassing normal login procedures or capturing user credentials.

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Section C: MALICIOUS and DESTRUCTIVE Programs: Virus

This document discusses several types of malicious and destructive programs, including viruses, worms, logic bombs, back doors, and Trojan horses. Viruses attach to other programs to destroy files and operating systems, while worms replicate themselves until exhausting system memory. Logic bombs are destructive programs triggered by predetermined events. Back doors and Trojan horses allow unauthorized access by bypassing normal login procedures or capturing user credentials.

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Section C: MALICIOUS and DESTRUCTIVE Programs

Virus
a program (usually destructive) that attaches to a legitimate program to penetrate the
operating system and destroy application programs, data files and the operating system
itself.
An insidious aspect of a virus is its ability to spread throughout the host system and on
the other systems before penetrating its destructive acts.
It grows geometrically, which makes tracing its origin extremely difficult.
Virus usually attach themselves to the following type of files: 1) an EXE program file, 2)
an OVL (overlay) program file, 3) the boot sector of a disk and 4) a device driver
program.
Mechanism for spreading viruses includes e-mail attachments, downloading of public
domain programs from the internet, and using illegal bootleg software.
Worm

A software program that virtually burrows into the computers memory and
replicates itself into areas of idle memory.
Systematically occupies idle memory until the memory is exhausted and the
system fails.
It differs from viruses in that the replicated worm modules remain in contact with
the original worm that controls their growth, whereas the replicated virus modules
grow independently.
Logic bomb

A destructive program, such as a virus, that some predetermined event triggers.


Often a date (such as Friday the 13th, April fools Day, or the 4th of July) will be the
logic bombs trigger.
Events of less public dominance, such a dismissal of an employee, have also
triggered these bombs.
Back Door

Also called a trap door.


A software program that allows unauthorized access to a system without going
through the normal (front door) log-on procedure.
The purpose of the back door may be to provide easy access to perform program
maintenance, or it may be to penetrate a fraud or insert a virus into the system.
Trojan horse

A program whose purpose is to capture IDs and password from unsuspecting


users.
These are programs are designed to mimic the normal log-on procedures of the
operating system. When the user enters his or her ID password, the Trojan horse
stores a copy of them in a secret file. At some later date, the author of the Trojan
horse uses these IDs and passwords to access the system and masquerade as
an authorized user.

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