Devon Gillis

6. email- virus spreads
7. server- SQL Server is Microsoft's relational database management system (RDBMS)
8. Love Letter, was a computer worm originating in the Philippines.
11. attack occurs when multiple systems flood the bandwidth or resources of a targeted system.
12. messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.
13. standalone malware computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers.
14. the programs and other operating information used by a computer.

1. plant- A nuclear power plant is a facility that converts atomic energy into usable power.
2. a piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data.
3. ivy virus- PoisonIvy.E allows hackers to gain remote access to the affected computer in order to carry out actions that compromise user confidentiality and impede the tasks performed on the computer.
4. spreading macro virus that is distributed as an e-mail attachment that, when opened, disables a number of safeguards in Word 97 or Word 2000
5. type of malware that is often disguised as legitimate software.
9. worm virus- SQL Slammer is a 2003 computer worm that caused a denial of service on some Internet hosts and dramatically slowed down general Internet traffic.
10. red virus- The Code Red and Code Red II worms popped up in the summer of 2001. Both worms exploited an operating system vulnerability that was found in machines running Windows 2000 and Windows NT.
14. virus- Stuxnet computer virus that was used to attack Iran's nuclear program in November 2007, being developed as early as 2005, when Iran was still setting up its uranium enrichment facility.