Computer Worms & Viruses

2. A virus in which if anyone attempted to view an infected sector, the virus would replace it with the clean, original version of the sector
6. A malicious program disguised inside another program which seems beneficial or harmless
7. The act of a computer virus attaching itself to another computer program
8. An independent program which multiplies itself by copying a segment of itself onto another computer
10. A computer worm which copies different segments of itself to computers linked together in a network
12. A large, frequently run program the virus is attached to
15. The malicious activity a computer virus or worm is designed to perform

1. program allows users to see exactly what is starting up when the computer boots
3. A virus which copies itself onto a computer off of a disk when the computer is booted up; when someone else inserts a disk into the computer, the virus is downloaded
4. the first computer virus created Rich Skrenta in 1982
5. A malicious computer program created by a user with objectives to harm or steal another’s property
9. A fairly common virus which affects small Word® automatic functions
11. A computer worm which copies itself to another computer in a network and then deletes itself completely from the previous computer it was contained on
13. the first computer worm to be distributed over a network without other users being aware of its presence (in 1988)
14. this virus was created by a child in 1993, devastating many computers