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December 2023

Understanding Polymorphic Viruses and Their Impact on Cybersecurity

Polymorphic virus is one of the hardest to find and most dangerous types of malware. This is because they can change into different forms. Because these advanced threats can change their code in a special way, they are very hard for standard signature-based antivirus systems to find. Polymorphic viruses, on the other hand, use dynamic code encryption and constant change to avoid being found by even the most advanced tools.