26-12-2012, 03:42 PM
Computer Viruses
Computer Viruses.ppt (Size: 651 KB / Downloads: 541)
Introduction
Infects the victim by:
1- Floppy disks, CDs and Flash memories
2- Emails
3- Another methods, Fraud..
Virus Attacks Danger
Not a one-time damage, keeps increasing
Damage in tens of billions of dollars
Difficult to be contained
Hard to capture the attacker
Computer Viruses and Ethics
Three key points in virus attacks
Attacker
Victim
Purpose
Attacker: individual or group
Victim: individual or group
Purpose: where ethics lies
Private pleasure
Better security
Kind of advertisement
Defensive measures
Economic Impact of Computer Viruses
Labor costs for analyzing and repairing infected systems
Loss of user productivity
Loss of income
Huge investments in anti-virus technology
Secondary costs, e.g. stealing private info
Summary
Computer viruses in brief
Importance of virus attacks
Ethical PoV of virus attacks
Impact on the economy
Some computer viruses
Computer Viruses.ppt (Size: 651 KB / Downloads: 541)
Introduction
Infects the victim by:
1- Floppy disks, CDs and Flash memories
2- Emails
3- Another methods, Fraud..
Virus Attacks Danger
Not a one-time damage, keeps increasing
Damage in tens of billions of dollars
Difficult to be contained
Hard to capture the attacker
Computer Viruses and Ethics
Three key points in virus attacks
Attacker
Victim
Purpose
Attacker: individual or group
Victim: individual or group
Purpose: where ethics lies
Private pleasure
Better security
Kind of advertisement
Defensive measures
Economic Impact of Computer Viruses
Labor costs for analyzing and repairing infected systems
Loss of user productivity
Loss of income
Huge investments in anti-virus technology
Secondary costs, e.g. stealing private info
Summary
Computer viruses in brief
Importance of virus attacks
Ethical PoV of virus attacks
Impact on the economy
Some computer viruses