Malware

Malware

Malicious program or software that deliberately harms a computer is referred to as malware. Malware is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of  forms of hostile, intrusive, or program code. The term “computer virus” is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all kind of malware including true viruses.

Malware includes

. Trojans

Trojan horses are both problematic and a basic kind of malicious code designed to give hacker access to system’s files. This gives hacker a change file settings, steal file or password, damage files, or monitoring user activities through internet.

. viruses

Viruses are software programs having capability to reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or computer program on the same computer without human assistance.

. Worms

A worm is a malicious program that originates on a single computer and searches for other computer connection through Local Area Network (LAN) or internet connection. When a worm finds another computer, it replicates itself onto that computer and continuously looks for other connected computer on which to be replicate. A worm continues to attempt to replicate itself indefinitely or until a self timings process halt the process.

. Spyware

Spyware is used to gather information such a recorded keyword (such as password), a list of website visited by the users, or application and operating system that are installed on the computer.  Spyware may also collect names, credit card numbers and other personal information.

Spyware can be installed on the computer through several convert means, including as a part of software virus or as a result of adding a new program. Note that the terms spyware, stealware, and adware are sometime used to describe the same or similar types of malicious code. It is usually placed on computer gather information about interested parties.