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Types Of Malware

Today world is connected with full of internet and each and every second's developers developing new things for reducing our workload and making impossible to possible. Whatever our technology is developing at the same time bad things also coming.Can you guess what I am trying to inform you? absolutely about hackers. By hackers, we are facing a lot of problems whether its a transaction or using mobile or computer anything hackers are involved.They are getting our personal data's very easily without our permissions. Can you guess how they are getting our data's?absolutely spreading malware through the mail, unauthorized web pages, protection less system or mobile.Ok time to inform collections of malware and how to prevent from.  


The persistent malware has a different kind of categories
  • Virus
  • Worms
  • Trojan
  • Bots
  • Malware
  • Spyware
  • Adware
  • Spam
  • Ransomware
Now I will explain each and every malware scope.Let's start.

Malware:

It's like a nuclear weapon and most thread for creating an impact on your system whether connected with internet or not. When your system attacked by malware hardware also will involve.

Worms:

Worms are malware computer program and specialty is replicate moreover will not cause any heavy damage on your system but by improving replication will consume drive memory at the same time reduce system speed. It will spread through the mail or media storage(pen drive, hard disk).

Virus:

Not only replicating it will attack computer files also.Virus is strong when host program is active otherwise it's like an unarmed warrior.It will spread through songs, video, internet.

Trojan:

It's not like a virus, worms and it will not damage files heavily.The principal task is it will open your computer security gate to malicious programs and hackers so that they can enter easily and take personal or valuable data's on your system.

Adware: 

Adware is advertisement malware(recently Judy malware also like adware).This is also will not make any system damage but will generate a lot of ads to your system or mobile continuously.This kind of adware mostly comes from when you download free software from an unauthorized website.Sometimes ads misused by hackers also.

Spyware:

This is also attached to free software.The main scope is will collect and send to hackers about your browsing habits and personal uses so that hackers will set a code that will help for installing the unwanted software on your system without your permissions.

Spam:

I think whenever we are hearing this word getting irritating right? Spam is nothing but its unwanted message from the unknown person called spam or junk mail.It's used for commercial advertisement but sometimes hackers will attach some files to this mail.when you open the mail within the second malware will shift to your system.

Bots:

It is the advanced version of warms.Bots are robots and automatic process without human interaction.We can use for good and bad things also. Hackers will create and it will send to host device at the time will create a link to the server.So it will work as the command center for them.

Ransomware:

This is also a type of malware.It will encrypt your whole date and will close your system. If you paid money they will allow accessing your system otherwise your system control is their hand.

Now you may have a question why malware is created?.i will explain

Why malware is created?

  • To take control one's pc
  • For financial benefits
  • To steal confidential data's

How to safeguard against malware attacks?

  • Keep system always update version
  • Set firewall on antivirus or windows
  • Avoid opening the unknown link
  • Use only genuine software
  • Update antivirus regularly
                                


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