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What is a virus's payload?

Updated: 10/4/2023
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The payload is what the computer virus is programmed to do. Some viruses do nothing more than copy themselves onto another PC, much like a real virus does from host to host. This is the simplest payload that a virus can have. However, just like viruses in nature, some Computer Viruses have a greater effect - maybe they steal files or data or allow someone else to take control over the PC while some will destroy some or all of the data on the computer. A virus can also have multiple payloads (in fact, any virus that does more than just spread has by default more than one payload) - perhaps it steals data and waits until some date in the future when it activates a new payload and deletes all the data on the drive or something similar.

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