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Malware - Coggle Diagram
Malware
Adware: Unwanted software designed to throw advertisements up on
your screen, most often within a web browser.
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Malicious bots: Short for Robot, are small apps that perform automated tasks
over the internet.
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ransomeware: A type of malware that prevents users from accessing their system or personal files and demands ransom payment in order to regain access.
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Rootkit: A rootkit is a collection of computer software, typically malicious, designed to enable access to a computer or an area of its software that is not otherwise allowed and often masks its existence or the existence of other software.
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Spyware:It gathers information about you, including the sites you visit, the things you download, your usernames and passwords, payment information, and the emails you send and receive.
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Trojan Horse:In Virgil’s epic poem, The Aeneid, a clever Greek war strategist named Odysseus devises a plan to get his men inside the walled city of Troy. Instead of destroying or climbing the city’s walls, Odysseus sees another way in: with deception.
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Virus: A virus is a specific type of malware that self-replicates by inserting its code into other programs.
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Worm: A worm copies of itself from computer to computer. It can replicate itself without any human interaction, and it does not need to attach itself to a software program or files in order to cause damage
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Malware Symptons: While these types of malware differ greatly in how they spread and infect computers, they all can produce similar symptoms. Computers that are infected with malware can exhibit any of the following symptoms
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SpamSpam is the electronic sending of mass unsolicited messages. The most common medium for spam is email, but it is not uncommon for spammers to use instant messages, texting, blogs, web forums, search engines, and social media.
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