By Quentin Lively Notorious Viruses

Melissa Virus Melissa Virus worst recorded Infected word document List of suggestive website Sent to the first 50 contacts in email. Fastest spreading known virus.

The Anna Kournikova Virus Computer Virus attributed to a Dutch programmer Jan de Wit on February 11, 2001 Another Microsoft used virus Still went through your email Didn’t to much Effective transmission mechanism

MyDoom Fastest Spreading worm Went through emails It placed loads of random searches in Google/Yahoo Put a comment saying “Andy sorry just doing my job” People think someone got payed http://www.srnmicro.com/procinfo/java.htm

Sasser & Netsky most famous and prolific variants of computer worms first time that a virus insulted other virus authors Netsky included code that removed versions of the competing viruses. http://msmvps.com/blogs/harrywaldron/archive/2 004/05.aspx

2007 Storm Worm Trojan that affects Microsoft based computers. Connects computer a network of remotely- controllable computers.

Virus types Memory Resident Virus: infects all the files that are then opened Direct Action Viruses: virus is to replicate many different affects. Overwrite Viruses: deletes the information contained in the files that it infects

Virus types continued Boot Sector Virus: affects the boot sector of a hard disk. Macro Virus: infect files that are created using certain applications or programs that contain macros, Worms: they can be detected and eliminated by an antivirus software. Trojans: disguises itself as a useful program or application.

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Anti Virus Different types Some very affective others not Very expensive Some Weak Some Very Strong Many types

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