Various Types of Computer Security Threats, Warning and Risks
We work day and night with computers and sometimes we keep our computers online for 24 hours. In these hours, you access your bank’s, inbox, submit credit card info to various forms, access multiple types of websites [Redirections too from extensions and more]. Have you ever imagined if your computer is using what kind of cookies and data to access the page which is being sent by the server? Or have you ever thought what if all your system’s registries are factory managed? A few days back, social site Facebook was serving some unwanted content that you don’t want to see intentionally. Why was it happening? Facebook clarified on that don’t click on any link which is not known to you or the person who sent you is not in your connection. This is because of security and malware threats. We will see various kind of security threat, computer viruses and more.
1. Trojan. Trojan or Trojan horse is 1 of the most complicated and problematic threats among the all. Most of the popular banking & financial threats come from the Trojan family such as Zeus and SpyEye. It has the ability to hide from antivirus scanning or detection and steal crucial banking information to compromise your account. If the affected virus Trojan is powerful, it can breach your whole security system as well. As a result, a Trojan can cause many types of damage starting from your own computer to your banking account.
2. Virus. A computer virus is a program or piece of code written with a purpose to destroy a computer. It’s mostly used for a revenge purpose.
3. Worms. 1 of the most harmless threats where it’s program designed only with a purpose to spread. It does not alter your system to cause you to have a nightmare with your computer, but it can spread from one computer to other computer connected to a network or with the internet.
4. Spyware. Is a Malware which is designed to spot on the victim’s computer. If you are infected with it, probably your daily activity or certain activity will be detected by the spyware and it will find itself a way to contact the host of this malware.
6. Keylogger. There are certain types of programmes which are created for the purpose of keeping an eye on input key logged in by the user. If you have used your banking sites, you might have noticed there are some virtual keyboards to protect you from the keylogger to protect your secrets/credentials.
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