Chapter 5. Malware

Chapter Objectives

After reading this chapter and completing the exercises, you will be able to do the following:

Image Understand viruses (worms) and how they propagate, including the Sobig and Sasser types

Image Have a working knowledge of several specific virus outbreaks

Image Understand how virus scanners operate

Image Understand what a Trojan horse ...

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