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Malware 🔴 Attack

Abbreviation for Malicous Software (malicious software), malware is software designed to steal, alter or destroy data in order to harm its owner or the
operation of a computer system.

Here is a table that ranks malware according to its frequency and dangerousness

Types of malware Frequency Danger Difficulty of eradication
Virus 🔥🔥🔥🔥 💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹
Ransomware 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 💀💀💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹🧹
Spyware 🔥🔥🔥🔥 💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹
Trojan horse 🔥🔥🔥🔥 💀💀💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹🧹
Ver 🔥🔥🔥 💀💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹
Adware 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 💀 🧹🧹🧹🧹
Rootkit 🔥🔥 💀💀💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹
Botnet 🔥🔥🔥 💀💀💀💀 🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹

 

Please note: the phishing is not malware in the strict sense of the word, since it is not software, but a fraud technique. Phishing, on the other hand, can contain malware.

 

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