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Malware - Coggle Diagram
Malware
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Ransomware: A type of malware that prevents users from accessing their system or personal files and demands ransom payment in order to regain access. The earliest variants of ransomware were developed in the late 1980s, and payment was to be sent via snail mail. Today, ransomware authors order that payment be sent via cryptocurrency or credit card.
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Adware: Unwanted software designed to throw advertisements up on your screen, most often within a web browser
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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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computer virus: A virus is a specific type of malware that self-replicates by inserting its code into other programs
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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.
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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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Malware symptoms: While these types of malware differ greatly in how they spread and infect computers, they all can produce similar symptoms
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Spam: Spam 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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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
