Networking in the Penumbra presented by Geoff Huston at NZNOG
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1. OUTLINE
I- Introduction
a) History
b) What is a computer virus?
c) Similarities between computer and biological virus
II- Types of Viruses
1- Boot Sector Virus
2- File Virus
3- Program Virus
III- Sources of Computer Virus Attack
a) Downloadable programs
b) Cracked Software
c) Email attachments
d) Booting from CD
2. IV- Prevention
a) No drive's sharing
b) Use of anti virus
c) Delete suspicious e-mail attachments
d) More secure O.S. e.g. UNIX
V- Antivirus Software And Their Methods of Detection
a) Antivirus
- Norton antivirus
- Mac Afee virus scan
- Kasperky antivirus
b) Methods of Detection
- Signature-based detection
- Heuristics-based detection
- Behavioral detection
- Cloud-based detection
VI- Conclusion
6. II- Types of viruses
1- Boot Sector Virus
2- File Virus
3- Program Virus
7. III- Sources of computer virus attack
a) Downloadable programs
b) Cracked Software
c) Email attachments
d) Booting from CD
8. IV- Prevention
a) No drive sharing
b) Use of anti virus
c) Delete suspicious e-mail attachments
d) More secure O.S. e.g. UNIX
9. V- Antivirus Software And Their Methods of Detection
a) Antivirus
- Norton antivirus
- Mac Afee virus scan
- Kasperky antivirus
b) Methods of detection
- Signature-based detection
- Heuristics-based detection
- Behavioral detection
- Cloud-based detection
10. VI- Conclusion
A computer virus is a dangerous program file or piece of code which is written intentionally to
destroy or disrupt the information contained on the disk
It can be prevent or remove from an infected computer using antivirus
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Cohen
http://www.tech-faq.com/history-of-computer-viruses.html
http://www.sciencefocus.com/qa/how-do-computer-viruses-work
https://www.livescience.com/32619-how-does-a-virus-infect-your-computer.html
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/How-antivirus-software-works-Virus-detection-techniques