can gain access to sensitive data and then modify, block, or delete the data.

• Trojan virus
• Worms
• Virus
• Malware

are malicious software that rapidly replicates and spreads to any device within the network.

• Trojan virus
• Worms
• Virus
• Malware

is malicious software attached to a document or file that supports macros to execute its code and spread from host to host.

• Trojan virus
• Worms
• Virus
• Malware

is intrusive software that is designed to damage and destroy computers and computer systems.

• Trojan virus
• Worms
• Virus
• Malware

This type of virus deletes all the files that it infects.

• Overwrite Virus
• Boot Sector Virus
• Direct Action Virus
• Spacefiller Virus

This type of virus infects the master boot record and it is challenging and a complex task to remove this virus and often requires the system to be formatted.

• Overwrite Virus
• Boot Sector Virus
• Direct Action Virus
• Spacefiller Virus

virus, it gets installed or stays hidden in the computer memory.

• Overwrite Virus
• Boot Sector Virus
• Direct Action Virus
• Spacefiller Virus

This is also called “Cavity Viruses”. This is called so as they fill up the empty spaces between the code and hence does not cause any damage to the file.

• Overwrite Virus
• Boot Sector Virus
• Direct Action Virus
• Spacefiller Virus

an engineer at BBN Technologies developed the first known computer virus in the year 1971.

• Robert Thomas
• Robbery thomson
• Rico Themoel
• Richard Skrenta

This type of virus spreads through multiple ways. It infects both the boot sector and executable files at the same time.

• Multipartite Virus
• Polymorphic Virus
• Pharming
• Spyware