Types of Computer Malware
Kutub Thakur, Al‐Sakib Khan Pathan · 2020
The malware is a computer software program maliciously developed to install on the computers without any consent of the users. A computer virus is a malicious computer program, which is designed to alter the computer functions, slow down the computer performance, and damage the valuable files on the computer drive. The virus programs have the capability to copy into multiple files and, thus, overwhelm the computer processes and data storage. Trojan horse is also a malicious computer program that may look very meek and harmless, but it can pave the way for a bigger attack on our computer and valuable data. It collects the information about the user behavior, credentials, and other activities on the computer silently and sends those to its command and control center from where the other malicious attacks can originate. Rootkit is a type of malware that gets the administrator-level privileges on the Operating system of the computer without showing its presence on the computer.