Question

A program that infects other programs by modifying them is called

Answer 1

___virus is a program that can infect other programs by
modifying them, the modification includes a copy of the virus program, which
can go on to infect other programs.

Answer 2

Answer:

A program that infects other programs by modifying them is called virus. VIRUS stands for Vital Information Resources Under Seize.

Explanation:        

Computer virus is a computer program that can spread itself  to ore computers and it can infect a computer without the permission of the user. It harms intentionally the digital system. It is also known as Malicious program. Basically this type of program is written with bad intention

A computer virus has two major characteristics:

1. The virus can replicate itself and
2. virus can attach itself to another computer's file.