Types of Malware
- Created by: lukilydukily
- Created on: 19-12-17 14:21
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- Malware
- Adware
- Generates revenue for its developer by automatically generating online adverts
- May be designed to analyze the users location and which sites they visit to present accurate advertising
- Almost all commercial antivirus software currently detect adware and spyware
- Spyware
- Gathers information about a person or organisation without their knowledge
- May send information to another entity without their consent
- Presence is hidden from the user and can be difficult to deteccy
- Often used for marketing
- Keylogging is a type of spyware
- Bot
- Can be used for both good and malicious intent
- Self-propogating malware
- Designed to infect a host and connect back to a central server or servers
- Bug
- Ransomware
- Threatens to publish the victims data or block access it unless a ransom is paid
- Typically carried out using a trojan disguised as a legitimate file
- Tricked into downloading or opening when it arrives as an email attachment
- Rootkit
- Rootkit
- Trojan
- Rare to get a trojan by just visiting a website but it can happen
- Pretends to do something but in reality does something else
- Does something like allow a stranger to access a computer, change and read its information
- Spyware is an example of a trojan
- Usually attached to something downloaded, especially .exe files
- Virus
- Worm
- Backdoors
- A hidden method of bypassing normal authentication or encryption
- Often used for securing remote access to a computer
- Default passwords can function as backdoors if they are not changed
- Some backdoors are deliberately installed
- Keyloggers
- Monitors and logs every keystroke it can identify
- Some can refrain from recording until a certain activity is registered
- Rogue Security Software
- Browser Hijacker
- Scareware
- Uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or perception of a threat
- Attempt at manipulating users to buy unwanted software
- Ransomware is a type of scareware
- Scareware can also be use of unanticipated shocking images, sound or video
- Adware
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