No. A virus is a type of malware, but not all malware is a virus What are viruses? Viruses are pieces of computer code that infect programs that are otherwise legitimate and harmless. When the infected program is run, the virus executes. The virus might steal data, cause programming to execute that you wouldn’t want, …
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Antimalware Software
PC Magazine defines antimalware as “An umbrella term for antivirus programs, spyware blockers, intrusion detection systems (IDS’s) and other software that detects and eradicates unwanted input, which in almost all cases comes from the Internet.” – PC Magazine There are two types of antimalware programs – real-time scanners (also called on-access scanners) , and on-demand …
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Suspicious Popup Messages
You are browsing the web when a popup message box suddenly appears suggesting that you have been infected with something, or are at risk of something, or you are being offerred something unexpectedly (and suspiciously). You don’t know whether it’s genuine or not and you may or may not be familiar with the website that …
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