Malware Flashcards

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Malware definition

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Name for malicious software that users may download onto their computers

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Virus

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Designed to damage/make a computer unreliable by slowing down the processor.

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Trojan horse

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Form of malware that’s disguised as a legitimate program however is designed to do damage in the background

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Worm

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Spreads from computer to computer by replicating itself.

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