Potential security risks include spam, which sends unwanted advertising and phishing emails; adware, which tracks private information to show targeted ads and is sometimes downloaded unknowingly; spyware, which secretly installs to collect third-party user information like a Trojan horse; and worms, which rapidly copy themselves over networks without changing files.

1. IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL
SECURITY RISKS
By Samuel coghlan-white

2. SPAM
• Spamming is when somebody sends emails or messages to someone. They
normally consist of advertising and phishing
• These messages are usually consistent and unwanted
• Sometimes these messages can contain viruses

3. ADWARE
• Adware is a advertising program that can track peoples private information
such as search history
• This information shows advertisements based on your personal information
• This software is often unwilling and unknowingly downloaded onto a users
system

4. SPYWARE
• The definition of spyware is a piece of software that secretly installs itself
onto the user s system
• This software usually collects information for third party use
• This is also called a Trojan horse which disguises itself as different software
to trick the user
• It is normally used by companies to get information about there customers

5. WORM
• A computer worm is software that speeds and copies itself, it does without
changing any files
• It travels over networks, emails and USB drives