The Computer Virus: Infection, Removal, and Protection

Abstract

A new breed of computer programs -- commonly referred to as "viruses" -- has the capability not only of reserving malicious damage for a given event's occurrence but also of replicating itself. Typically, a virus program will spread by replicating a portion of itself onto another program. Later execution of that program will cause the virus to activate and spread to other programs. Once it is physically in a system, the virus can damage or destroy data, media, the system itself, and any attached peripherals. This brief report describes the nature of the problems that virus programs pose; it also discusses common viruses, and methods for protection against viral infections.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA637045

Entities

People

  • W. P. Murray

Organizations

  • Naval Undersea Warfare Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Virus Software
  • Bibliographies
  • Central Processing Units
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Viruses
  • Computers
  • Detectors
  • Operating Systems
  • Recovery
  • Security
  • Trojan Horse
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • Theoretical Analysis.