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2. What is malware?
Avoid malware
How to detect malware
How to get rid of malware
Computer viruses
Different types of viruses
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3. Malware is short for malicious software
It’s usually includes viruses and spyware that
infects your computer or smartphone
Malwares can be very troublesome and can
even crash computers
Criminals use malware for identity theft
4. The easiest way is to keep your antivirus and
firewall up to date
Don’t open “trash mail” or visit any suspicious
websites
Back up your data
5. By monitoring your computer you will be able
to identify a possible malware
Especially if your computer is acting slow,
crashes or displays repeated error messages
Other signs might be new unwanted toolbars,
new icons on your desktop or changes in your
internet homepage
6. Virus-protection programs on the computer
can handle most of the usual malwares
For more complicated malware it’s good to
take your computer to a ”tech support” or a
manufacturer
You can also report malwares to the federal
trade commission
7. Computer viruses can be used as malware
The computer virus is a small software that
”piggybacks on a program.
There are different types of viruses: viruses, e-
mail viruses, trojan horses and worms
8. Viruses: Each time an infected program runs, the virus runs
too, and it infects other programs while it’s conscious
E-mail viruses: E-mail viruses travels as an attachment to a
e-mail. It also replicates by sending itself to other e-mail
addresses
Trojan horses: Is a computer program. It’s usually disguised
as another program(for ex. a game). It can erase your hard
disk. Trojan horses doesn’t replicate automatically
Worms: Worms are small pieces of software that uses
security holes and computer networks to reduplicate. They
are often very advanced and scans network for security
holes