Computer viruses

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

COMPUTER VIRUSES: TO WORRY OR NOT TO WORRY ABOUT

Turma 01G

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Computer viruses: to worry or not to worry about

Trabalho exigido pela Disciplina de INGLÊS TÉCNICO I, orientado pela Prof.ª Ms. Mônica V. de Alice Caio Henrique Conz Lazareti Luis Guilherme Segretti Fernando Lopes Diehl Marco Antonio Tavares Silva Rafael Cantoni Augusto Rafael Gustavo Furlan

São Paulo, Junho de 2009
Index

Introduction...........................................................................................................................4
Definition of Viruses, Trojan horses and Worms……………………………………………………………....4
Timeline of notable Viruses, Trojan horses and Worms…………………………………………………….4
Definition of Hacker, Wormer and Cracker..……………………………………………………………………..5
Notable People………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….6
Social Engineering……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6
Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8
Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..9

Introduction Computer viruses have received a lot of attention lately because of the huge number of PCs that people own, and since we have signs of computer viruses, companies that offer security services have been growing up. But, before bumping into this world of replication and file infection, where social engineers claim to have the best antivirus program in the world, some things need to be cleared like: What’s a virus? What’s the difference between viruses, Trojan horses and worms? What are hackers and wormers? And what’s social engineering? Definition of Viruses, Trojan horses and Worms The first thing we have to understand is that a virus is a programming technique that falls in the realm of “Trojan Horses”. All viruses are Trojan Horses, but very few Trojan Horses can be called a virus. So, a Trojan horse can be defined as a generic