Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Virus Worms, Trojan Horses and Boot Sector




WORM, this is a program that is parasitic because it can duplicate itself. However, the worm does not resemble viruses because they do not infect other computer programs. Therefore, the worm is not classified into the virus. Mainframe computers are the type that is often attacked by worm. Spread on other computers over a network. In the development Worm experience "genetic mutation" that in addition to create a new file, he will try to attach itself to a file, the virus is usually called Hybrid.

TROJAN HORSE does not spread like the others. Therefore, it is not classified as a Trojan Horse virus although the same characteristics. Trojan infects a computer through a file that looks harmless and usually it seems to do something useful. But eventually become dangerous viruses, such as formatting the hard drive.

BOOT SECTOR Virus, a virus that utilizes the relationship between computers and storage area for the spread virus.Apabila on the boot sector there is a program that is able to spread themselves and be able to stay in memory for a computer to work, then the program can be called a virus. Boot sector virus that is two viruses that attack and virus that attacks the floppy disk and partition table.

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