Write your own computer virus

1 Recall that a trojan horse is a program that has unexpected functionality.

a. Write your own trojan horse, where the unexpected functionality is completely harmless.

b. How could your trojan program be modified to do something malicious?

2 Recall that a computer virus is malware that relies on someone or something (other than itself) to propagate from one system to another.

a. Write your own computer virus, where the “malicious” activity is completely harmless.

b. Explain how your virus could be modified to do something malicious.

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