Viruses

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A virus is a piece of malicious code that replicates by attaching itself to another piece of executable code. When the other executable code is run, the virus also executes and has the opportunity to infect other files and perform any other nefarious actions it was designed to do.

Armored virus[edit]

An Armored virus is a computer virus that contains a variety of mechanisms specifically coded to make its detection and decryption very difficult.

Some malware, such as the Zeus Trojan, employs encryption in ways to prevent criminals from stealing the intellectual property of the very malware that they use.

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