The compromised system typically display messages forcing its victims to pay the ransom through certain online payment methods – very often in Bitcoins (฿) – in order to regain access to their files or to get their data back. Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents or limits users from accessing their own files and system. Backdoor Trojans are programs that allow other computer users to remotely control your computer via a local area network or the Internet. They could infect your computer with a virus or potentially erase your files. Trojans: Trojan Horses are programs that claim to perform a particular function but in fact do something different.
When the software is run, the virus first loads itself into memory so that in can further infect other files or begin damaging the computer. They used to infect a computer’s startup program so that the virus would become active as soon as the computer operating system starts up.įile Viruses: File viruses attach themselves to other software. Worms are programs that duplicate themselves and use communications such as email to get proliferated by accessing your email address book and send themselves to all recipients from the address book.īoot Sector Viruses: Boot Sector Viruses are an older type of virus and not so common. MS Word and MS Excel can become infected with macros and macro viruses which can spread by exploiting their commands. Macro Viruses, also known as macros are viruses embedded in other software applications to infect and spread to other files viewed by that software.
Here’s some resources to help you understand the terminology of various infections.
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