Software threats for computers

Software threats for computers

1. Adware

   • Adware is the advertisments or banners that pop up on your computer screen

2. Virus

   • A virus is a type of violent software and its job is to takeover and infect the computer by rewriting the computers code with its own.

3. Worms

   • A worm is a computer program that replicates itself in order to spread to other computers causing some harm to the network

4. Trojan Horses

   • It claims to rid viruses but actually introduces viruses into your computer

5. Spyware

   • Programs that secretly record what you do on your computer, its aim is to capture passwords e.c.t

6. Ransonware

   • a computer software that holds the user on the computer till a ransom or fee is payed

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