Computer viruses are computer
software that is harmful to computers; it enters a computer without the permission
of the owner and without its knowledge. Most of these viruses have the ability
to replicate themselves and spread, but some other viruses can cause more
serious damages to computers. They can
affect the programs and performance systems. Computer viruses and worms are similar to
human viruses, because they are “alive,” they have to have a host and a weak
link like any biological virus. A weak link in a human may be a weak immune
system and in a computer a not updated antivirus, they replicate until they
reach their target or gain control of the host.
They are several kinds of viruses
that can be classified in different areas:
1-Memory Resident Virus:
These types of viruses establish in the computer memory,
they infect all the computers fill when the operating system, they can corrupt
files that are in the computer. They hide in the ram and they are very efficient
because after eliminating the viruses they can stay in the ram and get control
of the memory and it can run its own code.
Some
Examples are:
1.
Randex
2.
CMJ
3.
MEVE
4.
MrMklunky
2-Direct Action Viruses:
These viruses are usually found in the hard disk’s root
directory. The main purpose is to replicate, and it takes action when the virus
is executed. They are file-infesters,
because the corrupt files in the device.
You can find them in computers, pen drives or hard disks. These types of viruses are hard to get rid of
because they change their location into new files.
Example:
1.Vinenna
virus
3-Overwrite viruses:
These kinds of viruses can be very harmful to computers and
personal information’s because it deletes the information contained in files
that it infects. The virus leaves the field useless once it infected that file.
They are located in the file they infected but they are tricky to find because
they do not change the size of the file, and the only way to clean the file
infected is to delete the entire file, resulting in loosing the original
content in that file.
Example:
1.
WAY
2.
Trj.Reboot
3.
Trivial.88.D
4-Boot Sector Virus
The boot
sector of a hard disk is very important because information of the disk is
located there and along with a program it makes possible to start the computer
from the disk. The boot sector virus affects the Boot and it makes it difficult
for the computer to start.
5-Macro Virus
These types
of virus were created with applications or programs that contained .doc, .xls,
.pps, .md. Macro viruses infect these files and also infect templates and many
documents that have macro.
Example:
1.RELAX
2.Melissa. A
3.Bablas
6-Directory Virus
These
viruses infect the directory of your computer by changing the location of a
file. These viruses are very harmful because once the virus infects your
computer it is impossible to locate the original file you are trying to run.
Example:
Dir-2
Virus
2012s worst Viruses
Flame
The first viruses to spread medium Bluetooth, and it was
detected in a Russian lab
Belgian Computer
Crime Virus
Spread all over the world and charge people a fee saying
that this fee was for the police and ask people for personal information.
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-types-of-computer-viruses.html
http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer/articles/computer-security-threats-computer-viruses
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/V/virus.html
Francisco Salazar