Types of Viruses, spyware, and other malware, etc.
Their are many types of harmful viruses that can harm your computer, some of these viruses include:
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-Trojan Horse:
A trojan horse program has the appearance of having a useful and desired function on your computer but secretly the program performs other, undesired functions.
-Worms:
A worm is a program that makes copies of itself and distributes it and the worm may do damage and compromise the security of the computer.
-Bootsector Virus:
A virus which attaches itself to the hard disk that is read by the computer upon bootup. These are normally spread by floppy disks.
-Macro Virus:
Macro viruses are viruses that use another application's macro programming language to distribute themselves. They infect documents such as MS Word or MS Excel and are typically spread to other similar documents.
-Memory Resident Viruses:
Memory Resident Viruses reside in a computers volitale memory (RAM).
-Rootkit Virus:
A rootkit virus is an undetectable virus which attempts to allow someone to gain control of your computer system.
-Polymorphic Viruses:
A polymorphic virus not only replicates itself by creating multiple files of itself, but it also changes it's digital signature every time it replicates. This makes it difficult for less sophisticated antivirus software to detect.
-Logic Bombs/Time Bombs:
These are viruses which are programmed to start at a specific date or when a specific event occurs.
