Essential Computer Security: Everyone's Guide to Email, Internet, and Wireless Security

Chapter 3 Viruses, Worms, and Other Malware

Topics in this chapter:

• Malware Terms
• The History of Malware

• Summary
• Additional Resources

Introduction

There are more than 200,000 reasons for you to learn the information in this chapter. McAfee, maker of security and antivirus software, recently announced that it has identified and created protection for its 200,000th threat. It took almost 18 years to reach the 100,000 mark, but that number doubled in only two years. Fortunately for computer users, McAfee’s growth rate for identifying threats ...