What is the Difference among Viruses, Spyware, Malware & Adware?

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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VIRUSES,
SPYWARE, MALWARE AND ADWARE?
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What is the difference between Viruses, Spyware,
Malware Adware?
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• Viruses 
• a self replicating program that is designed to do
  damage.
• potentially the most serious out of all the
  infections a PC can get.
• copy themselves into other programs, data files
  or onto the boot sector of the hard drive
  itself. 

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• have the possibility to access personal
  information, email contact list or corrupt
  programs. 
• installed without the knowledge or consent of the
  user from an infected file or by being downloaded
  automatically when a user accesses an infected
  website.

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Bad Virus

• Completely erase the motherboard BIOS chip, which
  effectively renders the computer worthless.
• The only repair options were to replace the BIOS
  chip (if possible) or replacement of the entire
  motherboard and then reinstall the system
  software. 

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Spyware 

• collects personal information about the user
  which is then sent to another entity without
  consent. 
• give hackers the ability to access the computer
  remotely.

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Key logger

• is an example of spyware , which can record every
  key press a user makes and with that information,
  hackers can determine usernames and passwords for
  websites, bank logins particularly.

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Malware

• can be thought of a collective term which can
  include viruses, spyware and any other
  combination of the above. 
• any software that is malicious in nature. 

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Adware

•  doesnt do any damage to a PC.
• can be used as a vehicle which can allow more
  serious infections to occur
• considered to be an irritant by many
• results in popup windows opening randomly but
  otherwise not causing any other issues to the
  computer. 

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How To Protect Yourself?

• Have current up-to-date security software which
  monitors your system to protect yourself.
• There are a number of free alternatives (Avast,
• Having free security software, whilst not being
  as comprehensive as the paid for options is still
  far better than having nothing at all!AVG) that
  can be used. 

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 For a minimal investment, allow CKP Computers to
install reputable security software as the
alternative could be far more costly. 
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information...

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  .au
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