Computer Worms & Viruses

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Across
  1. 3. A large, frequently run program the virus is attached to
  2. 7. The malicious activity a computer virus or worm is designed to perform
  3. 8. An independent program which multiplies
  4. 9. 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
  5. 10. A computer worm which copies different segments of itself to computers linked together in a network
  6. 11. A malicious computer program created by a user with objectives to harm or steal another’s property
Down
  1. 1. by copying a segment of itself onto another computer
  2. 2. A malicious program disguised inside another program which seems beneficial or harmless
  3. 4. A fairly common virus which affects small Word® automatic functions
  4. 5. 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
  5. 6. 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
  6. 7. The act of a computer virus attaching itself to another computer program