Malware & different types of malware

MALWARE & AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF MALWARE

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Malware

Malware or malicious software could be defined as the software that cyber criminals develop with malicious intents- like accessing and causing damage to a computer/mobile device or a network of computers, mostly without the user(s) being aware of the infiltration done by the malicious software.

Many different kinds of malware prevalent today.

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Different kinds of malware Virus Trojan Spyware Ransomware Computer Worm Wiper malware Botnet Adware

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Virus

A computer virus is a malicious software that can copy itself onto multiple computers, in the process performing additional malicious tasks like corrupting data or destroying data.

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Trojan

The Trojan or Trojan Horse is the kind of malware that disguises itself as a legitimate tool that would trick a user into installing it so that the hacker can use it to carry out malicious activities.

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Spyware

A spyware, as the name suggests, is a malicious software that is used by hackers to monitor the actions that take place on a system or any other device.Hackers usually use spyware to monitor web browsing history, the messages transmitted to and from a system (or network), the applications on the system etc.

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Ransomware

Ransomware, which seems to be the malware most in circulation these days, is really dangerous. A ransomware could encrypt everything on the infected system and thus the user would be locked out.

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Computer Worm

A worm is a malware that spreads itself from computer to computer without any action on the part of the users. This is done exploiting OS vulnerabilities or software vulnerabilities.

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Wiper malware

The wiper malware, as the name suggests, erases or destroys all the data that’s there on a system or network. Sometimes the hackers do this after secretly removing the target data from the system or network.

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Botnet

Botnet refers to cyber criminals using a malware to hijack a network of computers, which can then be used to carry out malicious activities or attacks- to execute DDoS attacks, to send spam, to attack other systems or networks etc.

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Adware

Adware is the software that pushes or automatically generates online advertisements that the user would have to click on to get rid of, thereby helping the developer generate revenue. Adware implements ads in different ways- full screen, banner display, video, pop-up, static box display etc.

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