Logic bomb
A logic bomb lies dormant until a specific piece of program code is activated
A typical activator for a logic bomb is a date
The logic bomb checks the system date and does nothing until a pre-programmed date and time is reached
A logic bomb may wait for a certain message from its programmer before executing its code
Macro virus
A macro virus is written in a macro programming language which is a normal part of an application such as a word processor/ spreadsheet
A macro enables a short program to be embedded in a document/file and run automatically when the document is opened
The application may be infected so that all future documents created in the application are infected
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