This document discusses malware and computer viruses. It defines malware as malicious software like viruses and spyware that infect computers and smartphones. Malware can cause issues like identity theft and crashing computers. The document recommends keeping antivirus and firewall software up to date, avoiding suspicious websites, and backing up data to help prevent malware infections. It also provides signs of a potential malware infection like slow computer performance, repeated errors, and unwanted software changes. The document outlines different types of viruses like computer viruses that infect other programs, email viruses sent through attachments, Trojan horses that masquerade as other programs, and worms that spread through networks.

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2.  What is malware?
 Avoid malware
 How to detect malware
 How to get rid of malware
 Computer viruses
 Different types of viruses
 Litterature

3.  Malware is short for malicious software
 It’s usually includes viruses and spyware that
infects your computer or smartphone
 Malwares can be very troublesome and can
even crash computers
 Criminals use malware for identity theft

4.  The easiest way is to keep your antivirus and
firewall up to date
 Don’t open “trash mail” or visit any suspicious
websites
 Back up your data

5.  By monitoring your computer you will be able
to identify a possible malware
 Especially if your computer is acting slow,
crashes or displays repeated error messages
 Other signs might be new unwanted toolbars,
new icons on your desktop or changes in your
internet homepage

6.  Virus-protection programs on the computer
can handle most of the usual malwares
 For more complicated malware it’s good to
take your computer to a ”tech support” or a
manufacturer
 You can also report malwares to the federal
trade commission

7.  Computer viruses can be used as malware
 The computer virus is a small software that
”piggybacks on a program.
 There are different types of viruses: viruses, e-
mail viruses, trojan horses and worms

8.  Viruses: Each time an infected program runs, the virus runs
too, and it infects other programs while it’s conscious
 E-mail viruses: E-mail viruses travels as an attachment to a
e-mail. It also replicates by sending itself to other e-mail
addresses
 Trojan horses: Is a computer program. It’s usually disguised
as another program(for ex. a game). It can erase your hard
disk. Trojan horses doesn’t replicate automatically
 Worms: Worms are small pieces of software that uses
security holes and computer networks to reduplicate. They
are often very advanced and scans network for security
holes

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