August 2001
Intermediate to advanced
540 pages
18h 24m
English
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Organization of the Book
Malicious Mobile Code: Virus Protection for Windows is a book of questions with answers and solutions. How do computer viruses affect PCs running Windows? Can a DOS virus infect a Windows NT file system (NTFS) partition? What are the differences in the way Windows 9x and Windows NT handle computer viruses? Can DOS viruses use Windows NT domains or ActiveDirectory™ to spread? Is Java or ActiveX more secure? What are the best steps anyone can take to protect themselves against malicious mobile code? Each chapter will answer these questions and more. Most chapters are organized in five parts:
Technology overview
Malicious code examples
Detection
Removal
Prevention
The Technology overview provides enough background so the reader can understand the potential exploits. Then representative examples of different exploits and malicious attacks are summarized to demonstrate the different tactics that malicious code has successfully used against a particular technology. Next, the reader is shown how to recognize a malicious code attack and rule out false positives. The “Removal” section of each chapter gives step-by-step instructions for cleaning up the mess after a particular malicious attack has happened. Lastly, and most importantly, each chapter ends with recommendations for prevention.
Chapter Summary
The first quarter of the book is dedicated to conventional computer viruses, with the bulk of the book focusing on the newer Internet-related coding attacks.
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