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Malware, or malicious software (also known as malcode), is any type of attacker code that runs on victim computers. One of the primary ways that malware is able to propagate is through self-replicating code, which is a code snippet that outputs a copy of itself (usually to send to other people). For example, suppose a piece of malware runs on your computer; in addition to, say deleting all your files or turning on your webcam, the malware also outputs a copy of itself and sends it to other computers, thereby infecting other devices. Viruses and worms are two categories of self-propagating malware wherein the malicious code sends copies of itself to other users. A virus is a piece of malware or malcode that requires some user action to propagate, meaning that the user has to take some action in order for the virus to spread. Usually, once the computer gets infected, a piece of code is stored somewhere on the infected computer. Then, when the user runs the code, the virus gets spread to

Malware | Computer Security Skip to main content Menu Expand (external link) Document Search Copy Copied Computer Security 38. Malware 38.1. Overview Malware, or malicious software (also known as malcode), is any type of attacker code that runs on victim computers. One of the primary ways that malware is able to propagate is through self-replicating code, which is a code snippet that outputs a copy of itself (usually to send to other people). For example, suppose a piece of malware runs on your computer; in addition to, say deleting all your files or turning on your webcam, the malware also ou

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