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... Script Virus
Script viruses make use of Microsoft Windows Scripting Host (WSH) in order to activate themselves and to infect other files on the system. These viruses are written in script programming languages, such as VB Script and Java Script.
As WSH is available on Win 98 & 2000, the viruses can be activated by just double-clicking on a file that is in Windows Explorer.
Script Viruses can also be activated when emailing messages as clients are HTML-enabled and are prone to executing embedded scripts. ... Also, a thing to remember is that it is unlike viruses since it is unable to make copies of itself. ...
Viruses can be transmitted through email as attachments or embedded scripts. ... The script viruses could be attached to the HTML file. ... When the attachment is opened it could trigger a virus that could be a micro virus that overwrites the hard disk, formats drives, sends files using FTP, etc… When a user downloads files from the Internet it is the most common way in which script viruses are attained.
Approximate Word count = 698
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