Midterm Reviewer Part 6

Automatic propagation without human assistance Concealment/disguise/camouflage

Modifies operating system to hide its existence

Provides desirable functionality but hides malicious operation

Security hole that is created in a software system by one of its programmers

Hidden feature or command in a program that allows a user to perform actions he or she would not normally be allowed to do

Program that performs a malicious action as a result of a certain logic condition

Computer code that can replicate itself by modifying other files or programs to insert code that is capable of further replication

Virus just exists the virus is laying low and avoiding detection

Virus is replicating itself, infecting new files on new systems

Some logical condition causes the virus to move from a dormant or propagation phase to perform its intended action