Monday 12 March 2012

Malware


   A Malware is a type of a virus that works on a computer having internet usage. If a computer is connected to the internet then there might be a chance of malware working on that computer.A malware is a special  type of virus that is causing great damage to the users of internet’s users.
Malware
  Malware is classify as a malicious type of software. A malicious software is one that is installed on a computer without the permission of the user. A malware get access to the user’s informations and performs unwanted actions to software or hardware of the user’s computer.  A malware may also harm the computer or hijack the operating system of user’s computer. A malware may  hijack the browser, serve up unwanted ads, may track online or offline activity and may also unleak the informations of user’s computer. Basically a malware is prepared by a programmer and sometimes a malware is poorly programmed so that it cause the user’s computer to unstable and slow down. There are many reasons due to which a malware is programmed and there is a special purpose of a programmer behind the software. Malware includes many tools with it such as Spyware, Trojans, Adware, rootkits, dialers, Keyloggers, Crimeware, Badware, worms and any other types of unwanted or potentially unwanted software.
Cause of infection
  Malware enters in the computer by different ways. Mostly it enters by downloading freeware and shareware from websites. Such as free toolbars, screen savers and other applications. Malware may also deliver via spam to the targeted computer . The target  computer get  infected when a spam message or infected file is opened. As the result of opening the infected message or file, the malware launches itself in the computer and starts its work that is assigned by the programmer. Malware is also installed from the advertisements that are convincing for the software download for system protection.

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