What Is Malware?

What Is

MALWARE?

Malware - or malicious software - is a type of software that has been designed to cause intentional damage to a computer, client, server or computer network. Unintentional harm caused by software is described as a ‘software bug’, whereas malware acts secretively and with harmful intentions.

What Are the Types of Malware?

Malware comes in many guises, including: • Computer Viruses • Trojan Horses • Ransomware, Spyware and Adware • Worms • Rogue Software • Wiper and Scareware

How Is Malware Prevented?

There are a number of preventative tools that are able to prevent malware. However, it is important to always use the most recent and innovative tools as malware is constantly advancing and adapting.

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Good malware prevention will monitor the system continually, identifying any malware that is trying to invade, and the most advanced malware protection often consists of multiple tools and systems that are layered to offer the highest level of protection.

Malware protection includes antivirus software, firewalls and numerous other strategies, all of which should provide significant visibility and breach detection – as it is important to act quickly to effectively deactivate malware on a network.

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