Jmor Tech Talk

JMOR Tech Talk Show Episode:  13 XIII (Understanding Viruses ) IntroductionsTypes of Viruses Macro:  (ie:  Relax, babals, Melissa.A,(March 26,1999) Y2KTSROver Write:  (ie TRJ)Direct Action Virus or TriggerDirectory VirusWeb Script:  (ie:  Fortnight)Multipartite: Does Not Infect HDPolymorphic:  (ie:  Marburg. TuaregWorm:  (ie:  lovagate.F):  exploits weekly protected sharesTrojans AKA Trojan Horse (ie: Greek Story of Trojan War (G-T)E-mail VirusesBrowser HijackersBoot InfectorsTop 10 Most Dangerous Viruses I Love You:     Caused over 10billion dollars of damageSends and then makes computer unbootableCode Red: Exploited buffer overflow protectionDoes a Denial of ServiceThen Opens up a backdoor to get inIt overloads computer resources till it crashesMelissaSASSERZEUS Trojan and KeyloggerConficker:  (affected over 9 million computers world wide)StuxnetMydoom: Cryptolocker Damages over 500,000 computers1.3% paid the ransome which would be about 3 MillionFlashback:  Fake Flash InstallSummary