SOFTWARE VULNERABILITIES

Software vulnerability is defined as we have studied previously. Virus is a common term understood as software vulnerability by average people. It is a problem that is potentially so dangerous that it threatens the proper functioning of the computer system in today's information age. In this unit you will learn about the unwanted software that is deliberately bad in intent which is “wrote for fun” or “for curiosity” or simply to challenge to create the most destructive software ever built. This software is popularly known as “malware” which is an acronym for malicious software. Malware does nothing useful but rather more harmful. Here we will study several types of malware each of which has different goals and propagates differently.

Here we discussed about the threat faced by computer virus. It explains the evolution characteristics of the virus and the damage they can do to a computer. We studied different types of viruses and their characteristics. It also discussed about different solutions and preventive measures to be taken to get rid of computer malwares.

As we know today with the growth of new applications and technologies new software vulnerabilities are also emerging. Therefore, one has to keep track of latest development in this field and know how to counter these problems. For example, how mobile software is becoming common and you can see the malicious software is also growing rapidly with them. The next unit of this block is going to discuss about different issue of network security.

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