Malwares
- The term ‘Malware’ is contraction of - Malicious Software and is any piece of software that can do harm to data, devices or to people.
Different kinds of Malware include
- Virus: They attach themselves to clean files and spread uncontrollably, damaging a system’s core functionality and deleting or corrupting files. They usually appear as an executable file.
- Trojans: They disguise themselves as legitimate software and tend to act discretely and create backdoors in your security to let other malware in.
- Spyware: It hides in the background and takes notes of what one does online, including passwords, credit card numbers, surfing habits and more.
- Worms: Worms infect entire networks of devices, either local or across the internet, by using network interfaces. It uses each consecutive infected machine to infect more.
- Ransomware: Also called scareware, this kind of malware can lock down computer and threaten to erase everything - unless a ransom is paid to its owner.
- Adware: automatically generating adverts on your screen, usually within a web browser (Clicking one website, more site is open).
- Botnets: Botnets are networks of infected computers that are made to work together under the control of an attacker. (Like Sleepercel in computer).
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