malware

malware

1. TROJAN

   • appears to be an innocent peace of software but could use your info against yourself

2. worm

   • This behaves 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

3. virus

   • This is a piece of code that is designed to replicate itself throughout the computer or network.

4. click fraud

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

5. pharmacy

   • When you want to visit a website, you type a web address into your browser. Pharming malware will infect your browser, redirecting you to an identical looking, but fake website.