Computer Software – Malware

Today was all about malware, we covered the following section of the arrangements document using the Scholar notes and these PowerPoints.

  • Classification of viruses by type of file infected:
    • file virus
    • boot sector virus
    • macro virus
  • Description of the following virus code actions:
    • replication
    • camouflage
    • watching
    • delivery
  • Distinction between
    • a virus
    • a worm
    • a trojan horse
  • Description of anti-virus software detection techniques:
    • use of checksum
    • searching for virus signature
    • heuristic detection
    • memory resident monitoring

You can find the revision note here and there are links at the side of the page.