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Protecting Against Malicious Code

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On the plant floor, malicious code can easily shutdown production or threaten the safety of your operation.  Learn some valuable protection tips from the United States Computer Readiness Emergency Team (US-CERT).

What is malicious code?

Malicious code is unwanted files or programs that can cause harm to a computer or compromise data stored on a computer. Various classifications of malicious code include viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.

  • Viruses have the ability to damage or destroy files on a computer system and are spread by sharing an already infected removable media, opening malicious email attachments, and visiting malicious web pages.
  • Worms are a type of virus that self-propagates from computer to computer. Its functionality is to use all of your computer’s resources, which can cause your computer to stop responding.
  • Trojan Horses are computer programs that are hiding a virus or a potentially damaging program. It is not uncommon that free software contains a Trojan horse making a user think they are using legitimate software, instead the program is performing malicious actions on your computer.

Read More from the United States Computer Readiness Emergency Team

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