computer virus
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detects suspicious behavior by programs. The slow infector approach, however, does not seem very successful.
Vectors and hosts
Viruses have targeted various types of transmission media or hosts. This list is not exhaustive:
Binary executable files (such as COM files and EXE files in MS-DOS, Portable Executable files in Microsoft Windows, and ELF files in Linux) Volume Boot Records of floppy disks and hard disk partitions The master boot record (MBR) of a hard disk General-purpose script files (such as batch files in MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, VBScript files, and shell script files on Unix-like platforms). Application-specific script files (such as Telix-scripts) System specific autorun script files (such as Autorun.inf file needed to Windows to automatically run software stored on USB Memory Storage Devices). Documents that can contain macros (such as
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