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Well first of all the stereotype that nerds with no social life make viruses is just WRONG. People make viruses for many reasons, expanding programming ability, making money, spam, and some people just like seeing things be destroyed. These are just a few but do you get an idea?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoPeople may try to make malware so they can try to scam some money from people. How they would if you have ever had a fake antivirus from malware and trojans, they make it so it "scares you" into buying protection, even when after you purchase, it gives no protection whatsoever. If you do manage to "buy" it, then they can steal your credit card info, and sooner or later, your identity.
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Is E underscore FARNBZP dot EXE a malware?
it is a malware. go to www.prevx.com to download a scanner.
What scanning detects malware by comparing a file content with known malware signatures in a signature database?
Um, signature.
What is difference between heuristic detection and sigbature scanning?
Heuristic detection looks for the characteristics of viruses and malware, while signature scanning looks for specific files known to be malware. In other words, heuristic detection can find recently created malware on a system, because it "acts" like other malware. Signature scanning looks at a list of known malware file names, and then sees if there are any of them on the computer.
What are some of the motivations behind malware and security breaches?
The motivation behind malware is varied. Some malware is intended to be a relatively harmless prank or mildly annoying vandalism. Other malware is created to distribute political messages or to disrupt operations at specific companies. In an increasing number of cases, the motivation is monetary gain.
malware stands for ________ _________?
malicious software
What to do When a Website Infected by Malware?
Create an account with your website on Google webmaster tool and goto malware option send a request to pick out your website from blacklist.
Why are computer virses created?
Computer viruses can be created to steal malware, information or anything that can be very valuable. Some people thing that people are meanies and will create viruses on purpose like apple employees and then they will create viruses for pc's so that people will go purchase a mac and vise versa but apple is much better at it if it truly does happen.
How many people hack computers everyday?
Mostly they plant malware on computers. Malware covers all kinds of malicious software designed specifically to do some damage to computers and networks. The kind of malware you may be thinking of are viruses. A virus is malware that can duplicate itself and spread throughout networks. There are many other kinds of malware out there. If you want to read more about malware you can look it up on wikipedia. Google also has some information here.
What is system security scanner?
Malware Malware
What is Trojan. Zbot?
Malware do not download
What is Free Malware for computer?
A free malware removal tool helps you identify and remove malware from your computer
What is a major goal of malware?
Platform specific
Worms and Trojan horses are examples of .?
malware
I have something called Malware bytes' Anti-Malware installed on my computer and it will NOT allow me to remove it........ how can I remove it?
Chill You Woudnt Want To Delete it Malware Bytes Anti Malware Is On The Good Side Of The War Of Malware Try Add/Remove Programs
Is malware a virus?
Viruses are a kind of malware. Malware is basically, as the name suggests, malicious software that can affect your computer. There are some easy to understand sources about what is malware and viruses in the related links.
Can malware duplicate itself?
Some malware can duplicate itself. Self-replicating malware which does so as a propagation mechanism is called a Worm.
What is the oldest mode of malware infection?
The oldest mode of malware infection is tricking the user into downloading the malware. This is known as a Trojan Horse.
