COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Question
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Virus
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Worm
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Trojan
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Spyware
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Detailed explanation-1: -What Is a Trojan Horse Virus? A Trojan Horse Virus is a type of malware that downloads onto a computer disguised as a legitimate program. The delivery method typically sees an attacker use social engineering to hide malicious code within legitimate software to try and gain users’ system access with their software.
Detailed explanation-2: -Storm Worm was a Trojan horse that infected computers, sometimes turning them into zombies or bots to continue the spread of the virus and to send a huge amount of spam mail. Tip: never open a link in an email unless you know exactly what it is. By July 2007, Storm Worm was picked up in more than 200 million emails.
Detailed explanation-3: -ILOVEYOU (commonly referred to as the “ILOVEYOU virus”) was a trojan released in 2000, which was used in the world’s most damaging cyberattack, which caused $8.7 billion in global losses.
Detailed explanation-4: -Adware: Adware is malware that is designed to serve unwanted ads to a computer user. This enables the malware author to make money by claiming revenue from the advertisers whose ads it serves. Adware remains the most common type of mobile malware according to Check Point Research.