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?

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.

This is what Microsoft has to say about it:

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

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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.

A parasite is an organism that feed of some other thing.

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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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...

Sorry guys i meant orgasim ( or was it orgasiisism) %ckit , i never coulld spell.