Components of a Virus

A virus comprises of four general components.

• The replicator (or Engine) : Replicates the virus.

• The safeguard : Prevents the detection and the removal of the virus.

• The trigger monitor : Monitors for a specific condition to deliver payload. These specific conditions may be the arrival of a particular date, time, keyboard stroke, etc.

• The payload : the action it does apart from propagation. This action may be an amusing or malicious action resulting in distraction from the current work or destruction of data.

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