CONTENTS

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Acknowledgement I

Abstract II

List of figures III

1. Introduction 1
2. Introduction to the viruses 2
2.0Basics of computer viruses 2
2.1. Types of viruses 2
2.2. Functional elements of a virus 3
2.3. Tools needed for writing viruses 4
3. Deeper into the virus 5
3.0 File or program viruses 5
3.0.1A simple cominfector 5
3.1. An executable virus 7
3.2. A boot sector virus 7
3.3. Multipartite viruses 8
3.4. Stealth viruses 11
3.5. Polymorphic viruses 11
3.6. Macro viruses 11
4. Antivirus approaches 13
4.0Scanners 14
4.1. Monitors 15
4.2. Integrity checking programs 15
5. Conclusion 17
6. References 18
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