Computer Security - Protect Yourself Against Malware
Sunday, May 25th, 2008Malware is a generic term that is used to describe software that is designed to insinuate itself into your system without your knowledge or consent. This includes viruses, worms, root kits, Trojan horses, spyware and adware. I’m not going to define for you here in this space each of these save to say that once there, this destructive software is able to cause all kinds of damage. It can cause the mild irritation of the occasional popups, more sinister problems such as hiding important files and utilities, (thereby preventing you from easily removing them) all the way to wiping out your hard drive or destroying hardware.