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2. The Many Faces of Malware - AOL

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   Virus & worms: Attacks through the internet, emails or contaminated files, then automatically replicates itself. Viruses require human action to spread to other computers, whereas worms spread by ...

3. Unmasking the threat: A deep dive into what is computer malware

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   In addition to antivirus and anti-malware software, there are other ways to safeguard against malware: Safe browsing habits: Implement safe browsing practices by avoiding suspicious websites.

4. Malware - Wikipedia

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   A credential attack occurs when a user account with administrative privileges is cracked and that account is used to provide malware with appropriate privileges. [79] Typically, the attack succeeds because the weakest form of account security is used, which is typically a short password that can be cracked using a dictionary or brute force attack.

5. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 February 2025. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...

6. Web threat - Wikipedia

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   The installer then installs malware rather than the Flash Player. The malware then downloads a rogue anti-spyware application, AntiSpy Spider. [8] by humanitarian, government and news sites in the UK, Israel and Asia. In this attack the compromised websites led, through a variety of redirects, to the download of a Trojan.

7. What’s the difference between hackers, malware and ... - AOL

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   Malware is another name given to viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, adware, keyloggers, rootkits, backdoors, or bots. These are many forms of malicious software that can damage your computer by ...