malware

malware

1. Spyware: Spyware stays hidden out of view and is designed to spy on your computer, looking for personal information, passwords and so on.

2. Ransomware: encrypts critical files and data, making them unusable. Eventually it presents the user with a ransom, demanding money be sent to the attackers to unlock the system.

3. worm:its just like a virus, but does not necessarily harm files. Instead, it tries to copy itself so many times that the whole system runs out of resources and crashes.

4. viruse:a peice of code that will repiate itself on the network and infect your computerwitch can be hard to get rid of .

5. Scareware:it will cause a pop-up to appear on your screen which will say something like 'Your computer has a virus.

6. A trojan appears to be a harmless application - a downloaded game for example. You play the game, but meanwhile it is running in the background carrying out its real intent - maybe letting someone else access to your computer.

7. Rootkits :Rootkits give other people permissions and access to your computer, allowing them to take it over remotely and do whatever they like.

8. Click fraud :Click fraud malware aims to use your computer resources to open certain web sites and send a mouse click to the adverts.