Computer Virus: Types, Phases, and Real-Life Attack Example

Running head: COMPUTER VIRUS
COMPUTER VIRUS
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Executive Summary:
The aim of the paper is to showcase a computer malware which is known as computer virus.
Computer virus is a malware which enters a target computer and causes various type of
damage to that computer. In this paper a brief description about a computer virus is given
where all the type of computer virus are defined, along with all the phases of a computer
virus. The various parts of a computer virus is also described in this paper. All the details
regarding a computer virus is described along with various graphical diagrams. This is the
reason the paper gets more attractive and easy to understand. In the next part of the paper a
real world example of a computer virus attack is explained, where everything related to this
attack is discussed. The discussion is done along with brief explanation and graphical
representation.

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Table of Contents
Malware type:.............................................................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
1st part:........................................................................................................................................3
Definition...............................................................................................................................3
Symptoms of virus:................................................................................................................4
a. Operations and functions:...............................................................................................5
i. Parts:............................................................................................................................5
ii. Phases:.....................................................................................................................6
iii. Type:........................................................................................................................7
2nd part:.......................................................................................................................................8
Real life attack example:........................................................................................................8
Conclusion................................................................................................................................12

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Malware type:
Computer virus
Introduction
The aim of the paper is to identify a type of malware. In this paper the type of
malware that is chosen is Computer virus. The paper clearly describes about computer virus.
It includes the symptoms of virus. The paper also describes the way a computer virus
functions. Each of the parts of a computer virus is defined in the paper. When a virus is
formed there are certain phases for the virus. All these phases of a virus are defined in this
paper. There are also different types of virus that depends on their functionality (Chen, Hattaf
& Sun, 2015). The paper clearly describes all this different type of virus. In the next part of
the paper there is a description of a real world example of computer virus attack. The
computer virus that comes into play in this case is MyDoom.
1st part:
Definition:
Computer virus can be defined as a malware which are executed in computer systems.
It operates in certain ways, as it replicates itself and thus modifies itself with other programs
of computer. It modifies the code of other programs with the code of the malware. After it
replicates, the areas of the code that are altered are known as the infected area due to
computer virus.
Symptoms of virus:
Depending upon virus their symptoms also vary from one to another. Though virus are
mainly of two types, one is that type of virus which gives various symptoms of their presence