Malicious Mobile Code

Summary

DOS viruses were the real start of the war with antivirus vendors. As scanners detected viruses better, malicious coders worked harder and faster to make smarter bugs. There are thousands and thousands of DOS viruses and the only thing that’s decreasing the risk they pose is that DOS itself is disappearing. Windows has been around for over 10 years and malicious coders have learned how to code 32-bit Windows viruses for Windows 9x and NT. The next two chapters will discuss the affects of computer viruses on Microsoft’s Windows operating systems.