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Types of malware
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- 1Adware: They display advertisements on your computer like pop-ups. Pop-ups appear showing things however, when you click on them they aren't there. This gives makes profit to the people who made the adware.Bots:
A bot is something that completes an automatic task like setting an alarm, telling you the weather or searching online. They can get passwords, Log keystrokes, Relay spam and Launch DOS attacks. - 2Ransomware: This is a type of malware which prevents users from using and takes over the PC. To start using it again you will have to pay a fee that the ransomer has demanded.Rootkit:
This is a group of programs which gives administrator-level access to a computer. - 3Spyware: it collects your browsing history/personal information pass this information along via the internet. The user allows the programs to change programs not knowing what it isVirus:
They are designed to cause damage to a PC. It spreads by duplicating itself and attaching to files. It attaches itself to a real piece of software, and then reproduces itself when that program is run. - 4Worm: lots of copies of itself, like a computer virus. A worm acts by itself whereas a virus usually uses files. worms steal information.
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- Flashcards on Types of malware, created by Niesha Shah on 05/11/2018.
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