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Software Engineer covers all phases of software development, support and management and particularly focuses on a methodical approach to the error-free design and building of software. A
Software Engineer will developed software with formal methods, Analysis and Design. Using methodologies like SSADM, JAD, RAD, Entity Models / Diagrams Coad/Yourdon, RUP / UML, Business Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Process Design, Process Mapping , Requirements Analysis, Context diagrams, data flow, entity relationship diagrams, and SWOT.
"Male. Obsessed with computers. Lacking a girlfriend. Aged 14 to 34. Capable of creating chaos worldwide."
The above description is the profile of the average computer-virus writer, according to Jan Hruska, the chief executive of British-based Sophos PLC, the world`s fourth-largest anti-virus solutions provider.
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"They have a chronic lack of girlfriends, are usually socially inadequate and are drawn compulsively to write self- replicating codes. It`s a form of digital graffiti to them," Hruska added.
To create and spread cyber infections, virus writers explore known bugs in existing software, or look for vulnerabilities in new versions.
With more and more new OS (operating system) versions, there will be more new forms of viruses, as every single software or OS will carry new features, and new executables that can be carriers of the infection.
Executables are files that launch applications in a computer`s operatting system, and feature more prominently in new platforms like Microsoft`s Windows 2000 and Windows XP than they did in the older DOS or Windows 3.1.
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Virus writers also share information to create variants of the same infection, such as the Klez worm, which has been among the world`s most prolific viruses.
The Klez, a mass-mailing worm that originated in November 2001, propagates via e-mail using a wide variety of messages and destroys files on local and network drives.
But the news gets worse. Recent events have uncovered what may be a new trend: spammers paying virus writers to create worms that plant an open proxy, which the spammer then can use to forward spam automatically. Many suspect this occurred with the SoBig virus.
The Sobig worms, be
