Question #7152
Submitted by Answiki
on 06/30/2023 at 06:04:01 PM UTC
What are all types of computer viruses?
Answer
Submitted by Answiki
on 06/30/2023 at 06:25:18 PM UTC
Here are the different type of computer viruses:
- File Infecting Viruses, also called file infectors, are viruses that copy their code onto executable programs such as
.exe
or .com
files. - Macro Viruses are viruses written in a macro language, i.e. a programming language which is embedded inside a software application (typically word processors and spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Word or Excel).
- Boot Sector Viruses infect the partition table or boot sector or the of a disk generally from floppy disks, emails or USB sticks.
- Trojan horses are disguised as normal programs that gain access to your computer's files and capture your private data.
- Overwriting Viruses are a malicious software that overwrite or delete the original program code rendering the entire program useless.
- Web Scripting Viruses are the malware that breaches your web browser's security and injects the malicious code on the webpage to take control of your browser and alter its settings.
- Network Viruses spreads from computer to computer through network connections and replicate themselves through shared resources.
- Browser Hijackers alter your browser setting to inject unwanted advertising or redirect your browser to other malicious websites.
- Polymorphic Viruses mutate while keeping the original algorithm intact to evade anti-virus programs
- Resident Viruses store themself on computer’s memory from which they infect any file running on the system.
- Multipartite Viruses infects multiple parts of a system such as boot sectors, memory, executable files ...
Answer by Answiki on 06/30/2023 at 06:25:18 PM
Here are the different type of computer viruses:
- File Infecting Viruses, also called file infectors, are viruses that copy their code onto executable programs such as
.exe
or .com
files. - Macro Viruses are viruses written in a macro language, i.e. a programming language which is embedded inside a software application (typically word processors and spreadsheet applications such as Microsoft Word or Excel).
- Boot Sector Viruses infect the partition table or boot sector or the of a disk generally from floppy disks, emails or USB sticks.
- Trojan horses are disguised as normal programs that gain access to your computer's files and capture your private data.
- Overwriting Viruses are a malicious software that overwrite or delete the original program code rendering the entire program useless.
- Web Scripting Viruses are the malware that breaches your web browser's security and injects the malicious code on the webpage to take control of your browser and alter its settings.
- Network Viruses spreads from computer to computer through network connections and replicate themselves through shared resources.
- Browser Hijackers alter your browser setting to inject unwanted advertising or redirect your browser to other malicious websites.
- Polymorphic Viruses mutate while keeping the original algorithm intact to evade anti-virus programs
- Resident Viruses store themself on computer’s memory from which they infect any file running on the system.
- Multipartite Viruses infects multiple parts of a system such as boot sectors, memory, executable files ...
Question by Answiki 06/30/2023 at 06:04:01 PM
What are all types of computer viruses?
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