Discuss What a Virus and Related Examples of Malware Are

question 69

Essay

Discuss what a virus and related examples of malware are.Include definitions of the term payload, and a discussion of how a virus delivers a payload in your answer.Also discuss the symptoms of a computer's having been infected with a virus.

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Definitions:

Publishing Contract

A legal agreement between an author and a publisher, specifying the rights, obligations, and financial arrangements for the publication of a work.

Null Hypothesis

In statistics, the assumption that there is no effect or no difference, and it serves as the basis for significance testing.

Body Mass Index

A measure of body fat based on height and weight that applies to adult men and women, used to categorize underweight, normal weight, overweight, and obesity.

Critical Value

A threshold value that defines the boundary of a rejection region in hypothesis testing, determining whether to reject the null hypothesis.