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Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance.
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Encryption Virus

A malicious program that searches for common data files and compresses them into a file using a complex encryption key, thereby rendering the files unusable.

Macro Virus

A virus that’s distributed by hiding it inside a macro.

Polymorphic Virus

A virus that changes its virus signature (the binary pattern that makes the virus identifiable) every time it infects a new file. This makes it more difficult for antivirus programs to detect the virus.

Macro Virus

A type of malware that is embedded in a document and can execute malicious sequences of commands upon opening the file.

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