Description
Love to go online? If your answer is ‘yes’ then you must have
heard the terms like virus, malware, spyware, adware, etc. But, don’t you get confused
among these terms? I am sure; it’s hard to deny. Well in this Techvedic
tutorial, we are explaining you each and every term.
Solution:
1.
Malware-
It means any malicious code like virus, other worm, Trojan, etc. It can:
§ Corrupt your computer or its programs
§ Perform against the wish of the user
§ Block your system or networks
§ Act as a spy
Hereby, we are
discussing the categories of malwares in detail:
Ø Virus- It is not a very big term and
covers one of the categories of the malware. Virus means anything which can
attack any executable file to harm computer or network or data. This is
something which waits for you to act upon so that it can replicate.
Ø Worms- It is an advanced form of
virus which is capable of self-replicating. By this, it can exploit the
computer system as well as network. By replicating themselves in large
quantities, they consume network and disk space. Ultimately, they block the
computer or network system.
Ø Trojans- It is a program that
apparently performs useful things, but the actuality is different. In short, it
can steal your data or infect computer.
Ø Scareware- On clicking over some pop
ups, if a message came like your computer is at risk or infected with various
viruses, then chances are there your system had got compromised with scareware.
They target to extract money from users and do not provide any antivirus in
return.
Ø Ad ware- These are undesirable
programs that keep coming on your computer screen against your wish, thereby,
disrupting your attention.
Ø Rootkit- These are dangerous as they
take the administrative control of your computer and pass this control to the
perpetrator to do anything with it.
Ø Spyware- It acts like a spy which passes your
important and confidential information to remote perpetrators.
Ø Key logger- This is really very
harmful as it can track keys which you have pressed on your keyboard. Thus, it may
track your online banking and shopping activities.
Hopefully, you would have collected vita information on
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