Viruses and Malware

Description

Use your favorite search engine to find details about (1) virus/piece of malware.

1. Introduction - What is meant by malware/viruses? What is their history? Is malware and/or viruses recent developments in computer technology or have they been around for a while? What piece of malware/virus are choosing to right about and why?
2. Virus/Malware details:
   a. Name of malware/virus
   b. When and where was this virus/malware first discovered?
   c. How prevalent is this virus/malware? Is it regionalized by geography or business sector? Is it
   worldwide? How many computers/victims has it claimed?
   d. What has been the impact of this particular virus/malware? Has it damaged computers/data?
   Has it caused the loss of revenue or reputation? Has it physically damaged anything?
3. Description of the virus/malware:
   What specifically does the virus/malware do? How does it infect targets? What does it do once it infects a host? Does it change registry settings, does it leave behind malicious code, etc…? Is it destructive? If so how?

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