Assignment 4 by Max Lindholm

1. As a risk or a threat in social media in
marketing

2.  What is malware?
 Avoid malware
 How to detect malware
 How to get rid of malware
 Computer viruses
 Different types of viruses
 Litterature

3.  Malware is short for malicious software
 It’s usually includes viruses and spyware that
infects your computer or smartphone
 Malwares can be very troublesome and can
even crash computers
 Criminals use malware for identity theft

4.  The easiest way is to keep your antivirus and
firewall up to date
 Don’t open “trash mail” or visit any suspicious
websites
 Back up your data

5.  By monitoring your computer you will be able
to identify a possible malware
 Especially if your computer is acting slow,
crashes or displays repeated error messages
 Other signs might be new unwanted toolbars,
new icons on your desktop or changes in your
internet homepage

6.  Virus-protection programs on the computer
can handle most of the usual malwares
 For more complicated malware it’s good to
take your computer to a ”tech support” or a
manufacturer
 You can also report malwares to the federal
trade commission

7.  Computer viruses can be used as malware
 The computer virus is a small software that
”piggybacks on a program.
 There are different types of viruses: viruses, e-
mail viruses, trojan horses and worms

8.  Viruses: Each time an infected program runs, the virus runs
too, and it infects other programs while it’s conscious
 E-mail viruses: E-mail viruses travels as an attachment to a
e-mail. It also replicates by sending itself to other e-mail
addresses
 Trojan horses: Is a computer program. It’s usually disguised
as another program(for ex. a game). It can erase your hard
disk. Trojan horses doesn’t replicate automatically
 Worms: Worms are small pieces of software that uses
security holes and computer networks to reduplicate. They
are often very advanced and scans network for security
holes

9.  http://www.onguardonline.gov/articles/0011
-malware, 17.10.12
 http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus.ht
m, 17.10.12
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware,17.10.
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