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Stop Adware and Malware

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Types of Computer Virus

Adware: *A form of spyware that collects information about the user in order to display advertisements in the Web browser based on the information it collects from the user's browsing patterns. Software that is given to the user with advertisements already embedded in the application Malware: *Short for malicious software, software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system, such as a virus or a Trojan horse. Script Kiddie: *A person, normally someone who is not technologically sophisticated, who randomly seeks out a specific weakness over the Internet in order to gain root access to a system without really understanding what it is s/he is exploiting because the weakness was discovered by someone else. A script kiddie is not looking to target specific information or a specific company but rather uses knowledge of a vulnerability to scan the entire Internet for a victim that possesses that vulnerability. Spyware: *Any software that covertly gathers user information through ...