Viruses

=Viruses by:Brooke, Stephanie, and Stephanie=

[|Virus]: small software program that attaches itself to other programs and runs with the program it is attached to. [|Boot sector virus]: a virus that infects the first sector of a floppy disk or hard drive. [|File Virus:] add their own code to files. [|Macro virus:] virus that causes unwanted actions to happen and is often spread by e-mail. [|Trojan Horse:] computer program that claims to do something but instead damages the computer. [|Time bomb:] not a real virus just something people made up to scare new computer users. [|Worm:] uses security holes and computer networks to duplicate its self. [|Logic bomb:] a virus that doesn't work untill something specific is activated. [|Attachments:] viruses that are attached to e-mail [|Virus prevention:] do not open anything from and unknown source, delet chain e-mail and junk mail, back up your files on a regular basis.