Computer Viruses and Malware

• Main Author: Aycock, John (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Information Security, 22
• Subjects: Computer science.; Input-output equipment (Computers).; Computer communication systems.; Data structures (Computer science).; Data encryption (Computer science).; Coding theory.; E-commerce.; Computer Science.; Data Structures, Cryptology and Information Theory.; Data Encryption.; Coding and Information Theory.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Computer Communication Networks.; Input/Output and Data Communications.

Our Internet-connected society increasingly relies on computers. As a result, attacks on computers from malicious software have never been a bigger concern. Computer Viruses and Malware draws together hundreds of sources to provide an unprecedented view of malicious software and its countermeasures....

Table of Contents:

• We’ve Got Problems
• Definitions and Timeline
• Viruses
• Anti-Virus Techniques
• Anti-Anti-Virus Techniques
• Weaknesses Exploited
• Worms
• Deworming
• “Applications”
• People and Communities
• What Should we do?.