Payload Protection                                                              <Back

The additional functionality, for instance data stealing, file deletion, disk overwriting, BIOS flashing etc that may be included in a virus worm or Trojan Horse.

Note that the payload does not necessarily have to be damaging, for instance the payload of the Form.A virus was to make the keyboard make clicking noises on one day a month, it did no damage other than that.

In the case of a Trojan, it is the 'secret' function that the programmer wanted to achieve.