~Computer Virus~

The things you MUST know

Brought to You By
Sumanta Majumdar
Dept. Of Electrical Engg.
2010,GNIT

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Introduction
• About Virus
• Computer virus have become
today’s headline news.

• With the increasing use of the

internet, it has become easier for
virus to spread.

• Virus show us loopholes in

software.

• Most virus are targeted at the MS

Windows OS
 ~ Classifying
Computer Virus ~
• A program designed to
attach itself to a file,
reproduce, and spread from
one file to another,
destroying data, displaying
an irritating message, or
otherwise disrupting
computer operations.
• File Virus: A computer virus that
infects executable files, that is
programs with exe filename
extensions
• Payload: The disruptive
instructions or message delivered
by a computer virus. Payloads
can range from just being
annoying to destroying data and
files on a computer system.
• Boot Sector Virus: A computer
virus that infects the sectors on a
disk that contain the data a
computer uses during the boot
process. The virus spreads every
time the infected disk is in the
computer when it boots.
• Macro Virus: A computer virus
that infects the macros that are
attached to documents and
spreadsheets.
• Trojan Horse: A computer
program that appears to perform
one function while actually doing
something else, such as inserting
 * Virus through the
Internet *

Today almost 87% of all viruses

are spread through the internet.
Transmission time to a new host
is relatively low, on the order
of hours to days
“Latent virus”
Symptoms of Virus Attack
• Computer no longer boots up.
• Screen sometimes flicker.
• Computer runs slower then usual.
• PC speaker beeps periodically.
• System crashes for no reason.
• Files/directories sometimes disappear.
• Denial of service (dos)….. & Many More.
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How They Spread
• A virus runs first when a legitimate
program is executed.
• The virus loads itself into memory
and looks to see if it can find any
other programs on the disk.
• If it can find one, it modifies it to add
the virus's code to the new program.
• Then the virus launches the "real
program“.
• The user has no way to know that
the virus ever ran.
• Unfortunately, the virus has now
reproduced itself, so two programs
are infected.
• The next time either of those
programs gets executed, they infect
other programs, and the cycle
continues.
• When the infected program
o is distributed by
 floppy disk
 uploaded to a bulletin board
 zipped and delivered as an
executable.
• then other programs get infected.
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How To Prevent Them
• Security features keep viruses away.
• Buy virus protection software.
• Avoid programs from unknown sources (like
the Internet).
• Stick with commercial software purchased on
CDs.
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How To Prevent Them
• With E-mail viruses
o defense is personal discipline
 Never double-click on an attachment that contains
an executable program
 Attachments that come in as
 Word files (.DOC), spreadsheets (.XLS), images (.GIF
and .JPG), etc., are data files
 and they can do no damage
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How To Prevent Them
• Don’t victimize yourself
o learn where to find legitimate information on
hoaxes, myths etc.
 do not forward warnings if you haven’t personally
checked them out!
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How To Prevent Them
Don’t fall for the
• "False Authority Syndrome”
o Most people who claim to speak with authority
about computer viruses have little or no genuine
expertise.
 The person feels competent to discuss viruses because of
 his job title,
 because of expertise in another computer field,
 simply because he knows how to use a computer.
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How To Prevent Them
• E-mail is clearly the predominant vulnerability
point for viruses
o Current viruses are spread via security holes in
Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express
 Free patches are available from Microsoft to address these
problems
 many people are reluctant to apply them.
• First, update your system with Windows Update
and Office Update
o or, buy a Mac
• Buy virus protection software
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How To Scan?
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Anti-Virus Is Scanning
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Finding Out A Virus
 Computer Virus
• Acknowledgement
• My special thanks goes to Sri Supriyo Ghosh
(Dept. of BCA,Techno India, Sec. V) for
helping & suggesting me about different kind
of computer viruses & their characteristics.
 Computer Virus
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