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Hash It Out · Track 19 of 20
The DisInfected Drive
Jarrett Heintz · 3:07 · Released 28 September 2025
- Security Culture
- Malware
- Forensics
- Incident response
- Hash It Out — the album
- Everything, A to Z
- Human Layer
Lyrics
- Hey disinfected drive,
- It’s good to find those viruses.
- Let’s learn the names,
- So we know what each one is!
- A virus hides inside a file,
- It needs a host to run awhile.
- Spreads when you click, attach, or play,
- Infects your system day by day.
- Dis-in-fected drive,
- Clean as the sky above,
- Mal-ware took a dive,
- Now we’re teachin’ what they were made of.
- Yeah, my system’s free,
- It’s hummin’ happily,
- Learnin’ every threat that’s out there,
- Helps keep your drive disease-free!
- A Trojan horse looks safe to you,
- But hides bad code inside it too.
- It won’t self-spread, but once it’s in,
- It opens doors and lets thieves win.
- A worm’s a crawler, slippin’ through,
- No host needed — it moves on its own too.
- Across the network it multiplies,
- Cloggin’ up traffic, bringin’ surprise.
- Ransomware locks your files up tight,
- Demands a fee to set it right.
- Crypto chains that bind your songs,
- Backups break those shackles strong.
- Spyware spies on what you type,
- Keeps your secrets, swipes your life.
- Tracks your moves without a sound,
- Till detection turns it ‘round.
- A rootkit hides down deep below,
- Masks its tracks so you won’t know.
- Burrowed in the system core,
- Hard to find, but not ignored.
- Malware’s a port-man-teau,
- Malicious bits, soft-ware you know.
- Each one’s unique, but here’s the truth:
- Understand them all — protect your booth.
- Dis-in-fected drive,
- Clean as the sky above,
- Mal-ware took a dive,
- Now we know just what it’s made of.
- Yeah, my system’s free,
- It’s hummin’ happily,
- Feels like 98.6 degrees,
- When you know your drive’s disease-free!
- (fade with handclaps and la-la-las)