<div>
<div class="content wysiwyg-content">
I believe I understood how the Netsky virus works and what it did......until I ran AVG to do a virus check. <br />
Confused. I understood that it is simply an SMTP mail engine which dumps itself independently on the <br />
hard disk. So why does it report having healed a number of files which supposedly had the virus &quot;attached&quot; to them.<br />
<br />
MTindill
</div>
</div>


I believe I understood how the Netsky virus works and what it did......until I ran AVG to do a virus check. 
Confused. I understood that it is simply an SMTP mail engine which dumps itself independently on the 
hard disk. So why does it report having healed a number of files which supposedly had the virus "attached" to them.

MTindill

Netsky virus. Attaches to files??

Security is the protection of information systems from theft or damage to the hardware, the software, and the information on them, as well as from disruption or misdirection of the services they provide. The main goal of security is protecting assets, and an asset is anything of value and worthy of protection.  Information Security is a discipline of protecting information assets from threats through safeguards to achieve the objectives of confidentiality, integrity, and availability or CIA for short. On the other hand, disclosure, alteration, and disruption (DAD) compromise the security objectives.