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The
Definition of Malware, the Types and the Threat they Pose
Malware is an acronym of the phrase “malicious software”. These
types of software can infect your computer and damage everything
within it. Different types of malicious software exist and these
are the major types of malicious software that you want to protect
yourself from. A number of other types may exist but these forms
of malware are the most likely software to affect anybody who has
a computer, whether this computer is connected to the Internet or
not.
Malware viruses and worms
These are some of the most dangerous types of software programs
which are available. Malware viruses and worms spread very quickly
and most times people never get to detect them until it is much
too late. When it is much too late a lot of damage will have
occurred on your computer. The damage that has occurred will lead
to these viruses dropping their malicious code in your computer
and spreading them through the use of the internet. No matter what
you do manually, these malware viruses and worms will spread
themselves very easily. The best sort of protection that can be
provided from malware viruses and worms usually comes with
antivirus programs
Trojan horse viruses
Malware that are Trojan horse viruses can do their own sort of
damage to your computer. All you simply have to do is download a
desktop wallpaper program in order to decorate your computer
background. All desktop programs aren’t necessarily malicious but
some the whole idea of a Trojan horse is that it is usually
bundled together with a harmless looking program. When you install
these harmless looking programs on your computer, you end up
installing a virus instead. Most of these programs open a door to
hackers and other people with malicious intent to install harmful
viruses into your system or steal your personal information. Some
of these Trojan horses may also operate by taking control of your
computer and making your computer do different strange things such
as opening and closing your CD-Rom inadvertently.
Protecting your computer from malware
When you want to protect your computer from malware you should
also take your time to purchase high-quality antivirus protection
and a firewall as well. Both of these things will protect your
computer from any sort of malware attack possible. Different
malware attacks dependent on the creativity of the creator.
You should also make completely sure that you take the time to
update your antivirus software whenever it expires. If you don’t
take the time out to do so then the antivirus protection software
won’t work properly. Most antivirus software programs usually come
with a year or more of free software updates. At the end of this
period, the decision to purchase additional protection will be
entirely up to you to make. You can simply opt to pay an extra fee
in order to get the required protection that your computer needs.
You should spare no expense in securing your computer as doing so
could save you a whole lot of costs in the very near future.
Darren
Williger
http://www.networksecurity.ws |
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