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Computer Virus: Vydehi School of Excellence

This document provides information about different types of computer viruses: boot sector viruses, Trojan horses, worms, macro viruses, web scripting viruses, directory viruses, polymorphic viruses, and multipartite viruses. It gives examples of specific viruses that fall into each category, including Michelangelo, Emotett, ILOVEU, Melissa, DDoS, Dir-2, Whale, and Ghostball. For each virus, it mentions the type of virus, country of origination, estimated losses caused, and solutions to prevent or deal with that type of virus. The document concludes by defining different types of malware: viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware.

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Computer Virus: Vydehi School of Excellence

This document provides information about different types of computer viruses: boot sector viruses, Trojan horses, worms, macro viruses, web scripting viruses, directory viruses, polymorphic viruses, and multipartite viruses. It gives examples of specific viruses that fall into each category, including Michelangelo, Emotett, ILOVEU, Melissa, DDoS, Dir-2, Whale, and Ghostball. For each virus, it mentions the type of virus, country of origination, estimated losses caused, and solutions to prevent or deal with that type of virus. The document concludes by defining different types of malware: viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware.

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Vydehi School Of Excellence

Computer Virus

Maanya Kandula
VII A
Roll No: 7
Types of Viruses
01 02 03 04

Boot Sector Trojan horses Worm Macro Virus


Viruses

05 06 07 08

Web scripting Directory Virus Polymorphic Multipartite


Virus Viruses virus
Michelangelo
Type of Virus - Boot Sector Virus

Country of Origination - Unknown,


first detected in Australia.

Loss encountered - Between


US$20,000 and US$30,000. Impacted
about 10,000 systems

Solution - Use antivirus as well as


malware removal apps at regular
points. 
Emotett
Type of Virus - Trojan horses

Country of Origination - Russia

Loss encountered - Cost state, local,


tribal, and territorial (SLTT) governments
up to US$1 million per incident to
remediate.

Solution - Use a Next-Generation


Antivirus Solution for Your Enterprise
ILOVEU
Type of Virus - Worm

Country of Origination - Philippines

Loss encountered - Estimated to have


caused US$5.5–8.7 billion
in damages worldwide, and US$15 billion
to remove the worm.

Solution – Don’t open emails from


unfamiliar senders and are often
suspicious of attachments.
Install antivirus software
Melissa
Type of Virus - Macro Virus

Country of Origination - New Jersey,


USA

Loss encountered - an estimated US$80


million for the cleanup and repair of
affected computer systems

Solution - Do not handle or open


any suspicious Word documents
Install a good antivirus in your
computer
DDoS
Type of Virus - Web scripting Virus

Country of Origination - China

Loss encountered - Can cost a


company over $1.6 million – a staggering
sum for any company.

Solution -  Use anti-virus software


such Norton, Panda, AVG, Kaspersky
Do not visit unknown or untrusted
websites
Dir-2
Type of Virus - Directory Virus

Country of Origination - Varna,


Bulgaria

Loss encountered – A Million of


dollars in damage

Solution - Install the antivirus to


relocate the misplaced files.
Whale
Type of Virus - Polymorphic Viruses

Country of Origination - Hamburg,


Germany

Loss encountered - Would crash


a computer if it was run. took literally
weeks for av vendors to decode it

Solution - Install advanced, high-end


antivirus
Ghostball
Type of Virus - Multipartite virus

Country of Origination - Iceland

Loss encountered -  Infects generic


COM files and disk boot sectors of a
computer. Includes random file
corruption 

Solution - Clean boot sector and


entire disk before reloading the data.
Answer the following
A. A malicious software - Malware
B. A program that reproduces itself- Virus
C. A program that disables firewalls- Worms
D. A virus that is invited by the user on the system –
Trojan Horse
E. A program put in other’s system secretly- Spyware
Thank
You

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