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l Fill the relevant details in the form and send it to CERT-In through:
Email: incident@cert-in.org.in
Or Fax: +91-11-24368546
Or Post: Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology, Government of India, Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003, India.
Vulnerability Reporting to CERT-In
You can report incidents such as bug in a system (which bypass security measures such as Firewall Bypass)
at www.cert-in.org.in.
l Click on the ‘Vulnerability Reporting’ link.
l Double click on the ‘Reporting of a vulnerability’
link & download the vulnerability reporting
form.
l Fill the relevant details in the form and send it to
CERT-In through:
E-Mail: vulnerability@cert-in.org.in
Or Fax: +91-11-24368546
Or Post: Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In), Ministry of Electronics and
Information Technology, Government of India, Electronics Niketan, 6 CGO Complex, Lodhi Road,
New Delhi 110003, India.
MALWARE
Malware refers to infectious programs that hampers the functioning of a computer system. It is unwanted
software which is designed to damage a computer system. Some common types of malware are virus,
worms, trojan horse, spyware, etc.
Virus
A computer virus is a type of unwanted computer
program which is developed by miscreants with an
intention to infect the files of a computer, to corrupt a
database or to hamper the functioning of a computer
system.
YOUR PC In a computer system, virus does not evolve by itself, it
is uploaded or injected in a network or into a storage
media. It is communicable i.e. it is transmitted from
one computer to another computer or to a network
by some medium of transmission like CDs, pen drive,
external hard disk, softwares, internet connection,
bluetooth, etc. When infected, many viruses replicate
by themselves.
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