Digital Crime and Digital Terrorism Third Edition

Chapter 7 Virus and Malicious

Review Questions of malicious code? 1. What is the difference between a virus and other types 2. What are the most common types of viruses? 3. What variables are used to distinguish and classify viruses? 4. What is a Trojan horse? What are the various types of Trojan horses? 5. What is a worm? How do worms differ from traditional viruses? 6. What is a denial-of-service attack? How do these attacks work? 7. What are virus hoaxes? Why are the hoaxes sometimes more dangerous than an actual virus? 8. Describe the type of person who would write a virus. 9. Describe how the creation of malicious software is changing due to varying motives