Malware Classification, Spreading and Preventions
Malware or malicious software refers to the software that have malicious purpose i.e., it is intended to make harms on the computer system in some or other way. Malware is the combined term used for almost every type of mal codes(The bad software or block of code that want to damage your system). These includes Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware, Botnets, etc. Image Source: AVG It is a general confusion with many people that virus and malware are same. They are the two different words for the same thing. Every sort of malicious program is referred to as virus for those who aren't aware of the malware categorization, but it is not like that, virus is the category of malware. The main purpose of malware is to either harm the computer system or to steal information. Every type of malware is made to do the thing in different ways so that it become hard for the antivirus programs to detect them. There is no particular path of the spreading of malware. Those can be have many so...
