Term Of The day - Overwriting Virus

Defination :

repeated execution of the same line of code !!

It is a malicious program , which after infliction will effectively destroy the original program code , typically by overwriting itself in the system memory . It is considered to be extremely harmful as it destroys the user’s elements .

Examples :

1.       The TRJ Boot virus , which causes Visual Basic 5 files to rewrite themselves . It can also cause repeated restart in the systems .

2.       Trivial.88.D virus , or the” direct  attacking virus” , that makes repeated execution of executable files .

Remedy :

Standard remedial operation involves removing the inflicted and holding program , and then reinstalling the program .