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  1. December 9th, 2004, 06:23 PM #1
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    Comp. Infection Types

    I know this is probably a stupid question, but I'll ask anyway...
    Is there any solid classifications of comp. infections and if so what are they?
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  2. December 9th, 2004, 06:45 PM #2
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    1. no such thing.

    2. A computer infection is usually associated with virii, trojan or worm. Lately, this also includes spyware.

    Maybe a bit more information would help us help you better.
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  3. December 9th, 2004, 11:13 PM #3
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    This is what Microsoft has to say about it:

    http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec.../avdind_2.mspx

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  4. December 9th, 2004, 11:57 PM #4
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    Wow...that was really informative, thanks!
    There's just one more thing bugging me. What exactly is a parasite? I've looked through many websites giving out different definitions. Some sites say that a parasite was a combination of trojan, virus, and worm; while others state that parasite is just a term used to generalize all comp. infection types, mostly dealing with spyware and trojan.
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  5. December 10th, 2004, 12:11 AM #5
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    A parasite is an organism that feed of some other thing.
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  6. December 10th, 2004, 12:17 AM #6
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    Hi,

    I would regard a "parasite" as being more of a hanger on, like spyware and adware. As opposed to viruses, worms, keyloggers and trojans.

    Now technically a trojan is a program that is supposed to do one thing but actually does other things as well. This could be to load a parasite or more serious malware.

    Parasites can produce unstable and poor performance. Produce annoying adverts and popups etc.

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  7. December 10th, 2004, 01:08 AM #7
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    The only alternative terms for "Virus" is based on propogation. Now then, other terms you may run into infection-wise is appending, overwriting, & companion virii. You also have polymorphics. Never-mind other **** or what all of these dumbasses have to say...

    Nihil, come on man wtf...
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  8. December 10th, 2004, 01:20 AM #8
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    Sorry guys i meant orgasim ( or was it orgasiisism) %ckit , i never coulld spell.
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