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- 1MALWARERefers to software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system, such as a virus or a Trojan horse.
- 2VIRUSIs a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes.
- 3WORMIs a program or algorithm that replicates itself over a computer network and usually performs malicious actions, such as using up the computer's resources and possibly shutting the system down.
- 4TROJAN HORSESA destructive program that masquerades as a benign application.
- 5SPYWAREAny software that covertly gathers user information through the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge, usually for advertising purposes.
- 6SPAMIs most often considered to be electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. Some people define spam even more generally as any unsolicited email.
- 7RISKWARELegitimate programs that can cause damage if they are exploited by malicious users, in order to delete, block, modify, or copy data, and disrupt the performance of computers or networks.
- 8ADWAREsoftware that is given to the user with advertisements embedded in the application.
- 9PHISINGIs the act of sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.
- 10ROOTKITIs a type of malicious software that is activated each time your system boots up.
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