COM P U T E R V IR U S

G H CLASS :VII {A}

SUB MITTE D BY :U PJ IT SIN
 FULL FORM OF VIRUS

•FULL FORM OF VIRUS IS VITAL INFORMATION RESOURCES

UNDER SEIZE .
 WHAT IS COMPUTER VIRUS

•COMPUTER VIRUS IS CREATEED DELIBERATELI RO

DAMAGE CRITICAL INFORMATION AND DATA.
 TYPES OF CUMPUTER VIRUS

MACRO FILE INFECTOR

TYPES
OF
EXECUTABLE VIRUS BOOT SECTOR
FILE
 EXAMPLES OF VIRUS

WARMS ADWARE
EXAMPLES
OF VIRUS
RANSOMWARE SPYWARE
 SOURCES OF VIRUS
SOURCES SPREAD MECHANISM
E-MAIL VIRIUS SPREADS BY FILES ATTACHED WITH AN E-MAIL
E-MAIL MESSAGES .

SOMETHINGS IN THE STUFF WE WANT TO DOWNLOAD IS INFECTED BY THE

INTERNET-DOWNLOAD VIRUS AND THEN VIRUS ENRTR’s INTO YOUR COMPUTER .

WHEN WE STORE DATA INTO A PEN DRIVE SO IF YOUR COMPUTER

SOFTWARE-DISTRIBUTION CONTAINS VIRUS AND YOU PUT INTO OTHER COMPUTER SO IT WILL GET
INFECTED .
 WHAT IS MALWARE

•IT IS A TERM USED FOR COMPUTER VIRUSES. IT IS

PROGRAM THAT ACTS WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE
USER AND DALIBERATELY ALTERS THE COMPUTER
OPERATIONS .
 WHO IS A VIRUS AUTHOR

•THE PERSON WHO WRITE’S MALWARE AND TESTS IT ON

SOMEONE TO ENSURE THAT CAN IT DELIVER IT’S PAYLOAD .
 WHAT IS PAYLOAD

•IT IS AN DESTRUTIVE EVENT IN WHICH THE PROGRAM IS

INTENDED TO DELIVER .
 MALWARE DELIVER IT’S PAYLOAD

• WHEN USER OPEN AN INFECTED FILE .

• WHEN USER RUNS AN INFECTED PROGRAM .
• WHEN THE USER BOOTS THE COMPUTER WITH AN INFECTED CD .
 SYMPTOMS OF MALWARE

• FILES BECAME CORRUPTED .

• MUSIC PLAYES RANDOMLY .
• IT RUNS MUCH SLOWER THAN USUAL .
 EFFECTS OF MALWARE

• IT CAN DAMAGE YOUR IMPORTANT FILES .

• IT CAN INFECT BOOT RECODERS .
• IT CAN INFECT EXECUTABLE FILE .
 HOW E-MAIL VIRUS SPREADS

•E-MAIL VIRUS SPREADS WHEN AN E-MAIL COMES WITH

AN ATTACHMENT SOSOMETIMES IT HAS VIRUS AND IT
ENTERS INTO YOUR COMPUTER .
 WHAT IS RANSOMWARE VIRUS

•IT IS A VIRUS WHICH RISTRICTS ACCESS TO YOUR COMPUTER

AND ASKS FOR SOME RANSOM ( MONEY )TO BE PAYED TO
REMOVE RISTRICTION .
 HOW RANSOMWARE ENTER’S

•RANSOMWARE CAN ENTER INTO YOUR COMPUTER

THROUGH AN E-MAIL ATTACHMENT .
WAYS TO PREVENT RANSOMAWRE

•MAKE SURE THAT YOUE PC IS UPDATED .

•MAKE SURE THAT YOUR ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE IS UP TO
DATE .
 WHAT IS ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM

•IT IS A PROGRAM WHICH SAFEGAURD YOUR COMPUTER

FROM VIRUS ATTACKS .
 WHAT IS VIRUS SIGNATURE

•IT IS A SPECIFIC PATTERN OF VIRUS CODE .

 FEATURES OF ANTIVIRUS

•IT CAN AUTOMATICLY UPDATE YOUR COMPUTER .

•IT CAN AUTOMATICLY CHEECK THAT IS THERE VIRUS IN
YOUR COMPUTER .
 WHAT IS VIRUS HOAX

•IT INFORMS YOU ABOUT THAT YOUR COMPUTER A NEW

VIRUS HAVE CAME .
 EXAMPLES OF ANTIVIRUS PROGRAM

• NORTON ANTIVIRUS
• MCAFEE
• KASPERSKY
 PRECUTIONS AGENST VIRUS

• STAY INFORMED ABOUT NEW VIRUS HOAX .

• SCAN ALL DOWNLOADED PROGRAM FOR VIRUS .
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