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Computer Viruses

This document discusses different types of malware like viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware and spyware. It explains how viruses can replicate and spread through email attachments, downloads or infected websites. The document also talks about the importance of using antivirus software to detect and remove malware, prevent infections, and protect systems from viruses and spyware. Some key antivirus features include scanning files and storage devices, removing infections, and providing virus protection.

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Computer Viruses

This document discusses different types of malware like viruses, worms, trojans, ransomware and spyware. It explains how viruses can replicate and spread through email attachments, downloads or infected websites. The document also talks about the importance of using antivirus software to detect and remove malware, prevent infections, and protect systems from viruses and spyware. Some key antivirus features include scanning files and storage devices, removing infections, and providing virus protection.

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Year 8 - ICT

Week 10_Lesson 1

Computer Viruses
Complete the starter activity
for Week 10 Lesson 1
Complete the class worksheet

End of Lesson 1_Week 10


Year 8 - ICT
Week 10_Lesson 2

Computer Viruses…cont’d
Complete the starter activity
for Week 10 Lesson 2
Recap: Viruses

Use Anti-virus software


Most common types of Malware are:

Viruses –
Viruses are a specific type of malware that self-replicates by inserting
its code into other programs.

The Most Famous Computer Viruses of All Time


• CryptoLocker.
• ILOVEYOU.
• MyDoom.
• Storm Worm.
Keyloggers / Spyware

Keylogging software logs everything that you type.

Keyloggers are activity-monitoring software programs that give


hackers access to your personal data.

They monitor what you type, what website you visit etc.
Worms

A computer worm is a form of malware, however, unlike its cousin, the


virus, the worm just clones itself continuously. It doesn’t infect or
manipulate files on its own.

How do computer worms spread?

One of the most common ways for computer worms to spread is via email spam (junk
mail).

It is estimated that the infamous ILOVEYOU worm infected about 10 percent of the
world’s internet-connected computers within just 10 days.
Trojans
As the internet has grown and millions of people are online, so has the development
of other types of malicious software such as 'Trojan software’

A Trojan is an application that appears to do something useful such as a computer


game (which is why you loaded it on to your computer in the first place) but quietly,
behind the scenes it is doing something with ill-intent.

A trojan may:-
•Log all your keystrokes and then send the details to a remote computer. Used to
capture your passwords.

•Allow someone else to take control of your computer whilst you are online.

•Capture screen shots and send them to a remote computer, once again with the intent
of obtaining confidential or sensitive information.
Ransomware

Ransomware is a type of malware that threatens to publish the victim's personal


data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid.

Ransomware is often spread through phishing emails that contain malicious


attachments or through drive-by downloading.

Drive-by downloading occurs when a user unknowingly visits an infected website


and then malware is downloaded and installed without the user’s knowledge.
Why is it called a “Trojan Horse”?

Legend has it that the Greeks won the Trojan war by hiding in a huge,
hollowed out horse that was given as a gift to the city of Troy.

They were then able to sneak in without anyone knowing and then
captured the city and won their war.

This program sneaks in with another downloaded file and gives out
your information without you knowing it ever happened.
Complete the class worksheet

End of Lesson 2_Week 10


Year 8 - ICT
Week 10_Lesson 3

Computer Viruses…Preventions
Complete the starter activity
for Week 10 Lesson 3
Antivirus software
What is antivirus software?
An antivirus software is a program designed to detect and remove
viruses and other kinds of malicious software from your
computer or laptop.

Remember: Malicious software – also known as malware:

It is a type of software that is intended to harm your computers and


laptops, and the data on them OR hack the user.

Malware is a all-in-one term for any type of malicious software,


regardless of how it works, its intent, or how it's distributed.
How are viruses transmitted?

Hidden inside
code

Email Attachments File Downloads Contaminated Webpages


Types of Antivirus software
Types of jobs antivirus software do

Scanning Files

Removing Infections

Virus Protection

Spyware
What are the Advantages of Using Antivirus Software?
We know that a virus is any unwanted program that enters a user’s system without their
knowledge.

That viruses can self-replicate and spread.

Viruses performs unwanted and malicious actions that end up affecting the system’s
performance and user’s data/files.

Therefore, we can look at a computer virus as an illness of the computer, just like human
viruses that cause diseases in humans.

Antivirus software works as a preventative measure so that it not only eliminates a


virus but also prevents any potential virus from infecting your computer in the future.
Antivirus software can
scan any storage
media before a user
accesses the files.
The Creeper program, often regarded as the first virus, was created in 1971
by Bob Thomas of BBN.

Creeper was actually designed as a security test to see if a self-replicating


program was possible.

It was filling up the hard drive until a computer could not operate any
further.
The first computer virus for MS-DOS was "Brain" and was released in
1986.

It would overwrite the boot sector on the floppy disk and prevent the
computer from booting.

It was written by two brothers from Pakistan and was originally designed
as a copy protection.
The biggest computer virus ever is the Mydoom virus, which did an
estimated $38 billion in damages in 2004.

Other notables are the Sobig worm at $30 billion and the Klez worm at
$19.8 billion.
"The Morris" worm was the first Computer virus which spread extensively
in the wild in 1988.

It was written by Robert Morris, a graduate student from Cornell


University who wanted to use it to determine the size of the internet.

His approach used security holes in sendmail as well as weak passwords,


but due to a programming mistake it spread too fast and started to
interfere with the normal operation of the computers.

It infected around 15,000 computers in 15 hours, which back then was


most of the internet.
It also resulted in the first felony conviction in the US under the 1986
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
Complete the class worksheet

End of Lesson 3_Week 10

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