Polymorphic Viruses
Polymorphic Viruses
- Can infect the boot sector, files or both.
- Is self-modifying, changes each time it infects a file or disk.
- Very difficult to detect and remove.
- Example is tremor which triggers 3 months after infection and displays "-MOMENT-OF-TERROR-IS-THE-BEGINNING-OF-LIFE-" with every warm boot.