Unit 6 activity- Viruses

A harmful program that infects a computer

• Piggyback

• Host

• Virus

• Resident virus.

The __________ appeared to be a harmless video editing program.

• Trojan horse

• Worm

A virus that erases information by replacing it.

• Residents virus

• Trojan horse

• Worm

• Overwriting virus

The virus could _________ itself and spread its copies to other computers.

• Replicate

• Infect

To plant a harmful program within an ordinary program.

• Embed

• Host

• Resident virus

• Piggyback

A computer or program that carries a virus

• Resident virus

• Resident extension

• Host

• Embed

A virus that is dormant until activated.

• Host

• Resident virus

The parts that are active even when a program is shut down.

• Resident virus

• Resident extension

• Piggyback

• Host

To attach to another program for transferring.

• Embed

• Host

• Piggyback

• Resident virus