[Essay] - Types of malware.

[I had to write a school essay].

Types of Malware

Computer Viruses can be very annoying, or it could even destroy an entire computer. But once you know the "cure", then you can fix the problem completely. Though, if you need the cure, you first need to know how the virus works. There is a wide variety of malware, like Ransomware, Scareware, Trojans, Worms and Macros. I'm gonna explain the different types of viruses.

Spyware

Spyware, yet rare, sometimes comes bundled with Program Installers

You never have any real interaction with spyware except the original installation process. Sometimes, program installers have "Optional" installations that come as an offer. Cure? Read every page except the TOS and EULA(those are tedious) and be careful.

Ransomware

Would you panic?

link

You could buy a Solid State Drive(SSD) or an USB Drive

use the Windows service Bitlocker.

store the keyfile on the SSD or USB Drive.

Or... you could just not get the Ransomware at all. I recommend Ublock_o.

Scareware and Scams

"Banana. Banana."

"oH nO! Im' bEiNG MoCKEd BY a InDIAn TeCH SupPORt ScAMMeR!" _{Note: the website is https://alt2.azurewebsites.net/W880n01xm888se0cur0it0yCH008VP888Y/index.html - to exit, restart your Computer.}

Kitboga

Trojan Horses

Command Prompt Requesting Elevation

Others

Adware is bad because ads are bad. It shows ads that are "wrongly Advertised". They are usually bundled with products, so take the same cautions for adware as for spyware. An example of adware is Bonzibuddy, which shows fake system security alerts, and got a lawsuit for 1.5 Billion Dollars! Because it was so much, it got lowered to 125K, but just later, it had another lawsuit for 75k!

The worst virus

The worst virus is drumroll.... Mozi Botnet!
Mozi Botnet is Probably the worst virus, being a Trojan with more than ~100 instances across the web. One thing that is unique about it is it's weird file system.

site.with.mozi.directory/index.html

mozi.a
mozi.b
...
mozi.z
mozi.1
mozi.2
...
mozi.9

Basically, let's say variable mozi-file-ext can be a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 and variable mozi-filename is mozi.mozi-file-ext.
Now, the VERY ironic thing is that all of those files are the same.

How to protect your computer from a virus?

The simple answer is to install a good anti-virus software, for example, Ublock_o is a chrome extension which is very resource friendly and ad-free.

And be careful!

[Essay] - Types of malware.

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