Malwares

Question 1

What is a virus, what are it’s characteristics and what are its effects into the system?

Answer 1

Is a piece of code made to get attached into a running programm

> It is designed to spread itself through many systems

> It slow down the system, furtherly making it unusable

Question 2

What is a Malware?

Answer 2

Stands for Malicious software

Question 3

What is a Trojan Horse, what are it’s characteristics and what are its effects into the system?

Answer 3

It’s a malicious software covered by a programm that presents itself as desirable by the user

> gives to the hacker the control of the users machine

Question 4

What is a Ransomware, what are it’s characteristics and what are its effects into the system?

Answer 4

It’s a malicious software that encrypts files, making them unreadable for the user itself

> its common that the attackers demand a quantity of money (ransom) to the users, so they cn retrieve the files, or even the system back