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Saturday 31 August 2013

Key Terms To Understanding Computer Viruses.

Virus: A program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.

Trojan Horse: A destructive program that masquerades as a benign application. Unlike viruses, Trojan horses do not replicate themselves

Worm: A program or algorithm that replicates itself over a computer network and usually performs malicious actions.


Blended Threat: Blended threats combine the characteristics of viruses, worms, Trojan Horses, and malicious code with server and Internet vulnerabilities .

Antivirus Program: A utility that searches a hard disk for viruses and removes any that are found.


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