1. Malicious Programs | Malware
Created to damage or stop a computer system
Viruses
- Self-duplicating program spreads to programs or documents [ harmless | destructive ]
Worms
- Self-duplicating programs spreads through network, clogging system and stopping computers
Trojan horses
- Programs come to a computer system disguised as something else.
Spyware
- A computer monitoring software which secretly records and reports Internet activities