How Malware Attacks Your Computer

Malware refers to harmful software or scripts that are affect computers. Malware such as Trojan horses and viruses will be described.

The term malware is an abbreviation for “malicious software”. The term is commonly used to describe any software that causes damage to computers, servers, storage systems and computer networks.

Viruses are the most common forms of malware. They are usually made of scripts or programs that multiply and spread files within a computer, server or network. They also spread files from one computer to the other. This is usually done without permission of the user. Some people define viruses as programs that trick the user or computer to install them for the purpose of corrupting deleting, or dislocating the data stored in the hard drive. This is a wrong definition. A win32 virus may not damage the data, but it is distinguished by its ability to multiply within a computer or the user does server. Mostly, the damage is done when a user attempts to eliminate the virus. Viruses are spread through downloads or e-mail attachment. They can also be spread from one computer to another through portable storage devices, like a flash drive or memory stick.

Worms are a variation of viruses. A worm produces multiple copies of itself in a computer, or in each of the computers in a network.

Viruses can be detected and destroyed by a scanner. A scanner scans all the programs and the files in a computer. It will detect all malicious scripts hidden in the computer. After detection, the malicious software will destroyed. Programs with virus-like characteristics will also be destroyed. Viruses can be prevented from attacking your computer or server in the first place. Executable programs usually contain viruses, therefore, when you receive an executable file in your e-mail, you should delete it unless it is from a trusted source. Downloading files from unknown sources is also dangerous, as is exchanging files with other users.

A Trojan horse penetrates and enters a computer by means of tricks. The malicious component is clothed and appears as a normal program. When it enters the computer, it immediately begins erasing, modifying and destroying the stored data in the hard drive. There was a Trojan horse called “the swen virus” which tricked users into believing that it was a Microsoft application.

A Trojan horse is a lethal form of malware. The consequences wrought by a Trojan horse infection include loss of data, corruption of data, alteration of data, movement of data and hacking. A Trojan horse can phish passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive information. Viruses disrupt our computers, and they should be swiftly done away with.

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