How does malicious software get in your computer?

Answer 1

Viruses can intrude into your PC by different means. The leading cause and source of most of viruses, spywares, trojan horses is internet, especially downloads and E-Mail attachments. Other sources may include Flash Drive (USB), CD or any other device you connect with your computer.

Answer 2

malware short for malicious software is a category of harmful programs that are designed by cyber criminals to do harm to your computer they can be used to

1 steal the victim username , passwords , credit card number and other sensitive information

2 it can also used to turn your computer into a bot net which is when a criminal controls all the infected computers

3 it can be used to deliver spam which is useless email which no one requires

where does malware (malicious software)

1 by opening messages from an unknown , suspicious, untrustworthy

these messages can be safe but some can contain malicious code

2, by not having an AV (anti-virus)

hackers look for unprotected computer with no antivirus software and firewall so they can plant there harmful software on to the victim computer

3 by visiting an malicious website

malicious websites is A Web site designed to introduce viruses, trojan horses, spyware, and harmful software programs onto the PC that visits the site.

4 by not reading the eula short for (end user licence agreement)

you should be very cautious before downloading anything read the eula to see what is included in the program because if you did not read it you could be inadvertently allowing malware to be download on your computer

5 downloading pirated videos and copyright material

malicious code can also lurk in pirated software ready to infiltrate your computer never download anything from an site which distributes pirated software such as bit torrent , ware z and kaazaa

6 by clicking on a pop up

by clicking on a pop up you may be downloading malicious code be

7 , by clicked on a phishing email

these emails impersonate legitimate company by making an forged website looking like the real webpage to trick you in to divulging your personal information by clicking on a link or an attachment in a phishing scam message can also trigger the installation of malicious programs

8 by not updating your computer

you should update your computer every single day because attackers are unveiling new viruses

Answer 3

You download it through the internet. You can get it through a pop up or even just visitin a website. It downloads like images do over the internet you don't really notice it.

Answer 4

1 they can come from unknown messages

2 by not having antivirus software

3 by visiting an malicious website which can download malware on your computer

Answer 5

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