What is Malware?

Malware: What it Means, Common Types

Short for "malicious software," malware refers to software programs designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer system. In Spanish, "mal" is a prefix that means "bad," making the term "badware," which is a good way to remember it (even if you're not Spanish).
Common examples of malware include viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware. Viruses, for example, can cause havoc on a computer's hard drive by deleting files or directory information. Spyware can gather data from a user's system without the user knowing it. This can include anything from the Web pages a user visits to personal information, such as credit card numbers. Distinctive sorts of malware



Common Types of Malware:


· Virus: Infects program documents or potentially individual records

· Spyware: Software that gathers individual data

· Worm: Malware that can recreate itself over a system

· Trojan: Malware that looks, and may even work, as a honest to goodness program

· Browser hijacker: Software that changes your web program

· Rootkit: Software that increases regulatory rights for vindictive plan

· Key logger: The key-logger often has the ability to sit between the keyboard and the operating       system and intercept all of the communications without the user’s knowledge.
· Ransomware: Ransomware is malicious code that is used by cyber criminals to launch data kidnapping and lock-screen attacks.

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