Virus Detection and Prevention

DLSPS- Graduate School of BusinessPrepared by: James Pagsibigan

Computer System/ Boot Record Viruses

• Attacks part of your computer used to run programs

Computer File Viruses

• Clings to various program files

• Sample files: .COM, .EXE, .DOC

Common Computer Virus Names

• Stoned, Love Bug

• Check “ Data Fellows Computer Virus Information

• Check McAfee/Norton/TrendMicro website

• Programs take longer to load than normal• Hard drive runs out of hard disk space• Files have strange names you don’t

recognize• Conventional memory isles than it used

to be• Programs run erratically

Floppy Disk Internet

Email Network

VIRUS

• Use anti-virus software

• McAfee

• Norton

• TrendMicro (online)

• Vesselin Bontchev. Macro Virus Identification Problems. FRISK Software International.

• Malware Evolution. MacOS X Vulnerabilities 2005-2006. Kaspersky Lab (July 24, 2006).

• MacAfee. McAfee Discovers first Linux Virus. News article.

• Axel Boldt. Bliss, a Linux “Virus”. News article.