Anatomy of malice [computer viruses]
Cass, S.
Spectrum, IEEE
Volume 38, Issue 11, Nov 2001 Page(s):56 - 60
Digital Object Identifier   10.1109/6.963235
Summary:As in controlling the spread of real diseases, the key to effective defenses against computer viruses is to understand the cause and mechanism of infection, not to focus on the symptoms. A computer virus that erases a user's files may seem very different from one that merely prints out the occasional annoying message, but chances are, they both got into the system in a similar fashion. Malicious software falls, by and large, into three classes: Trojans, viruses, and worms. The way in which these viruses work is explained, as are methods to counteract them

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