Recognizing

Computer
Threats
What is a Malware?
Malware is short for malicious
software. It is a code created
with malicous intent. It is
designed to damage, destroy, 2

steal or inflict bad action on

data, hosts, or networks
Computer Threats

1. Computer Virus
is a type of malware that
propagates by inserting a
copy of itself and becoming
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part of another program.

2. Computer Worm
is similar to computer virus in the
sense that it replicates copies of
itself and causes the same type of
damage. 4
The story of
trojan horse 5
Troy (Trojan)

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Greece (Greeks)

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 Greeks
entering the
trojan horse

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Trojans horse outside
the city of Troy

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Trojan horse was pulled inside the
city by their own people

Let’s start with the first set of

slides
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Trojan horse at night
Quotations are commonly
printed as a means of
inspiration and to invoke
philosophical thoughts
from the reader.

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3. Trojan

It is a software that looks real, but it

activates and attacks the host when
loaded. It irritates the user with pop- 12

ups, deletes, files, steals, data and

spread viruses.
Watch the video about the
Different kinds of Malware

▹ Located at the
schoology, Lesson 2 13

folder
Review
The short term for
malicous code is?
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Malware
Review
a type of malware that replicates
copies of itself and causes the same
type of damage.
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Computer Worm
Review
A type of malware named
after a wooden horse is
called?
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Trojan
Review
type of malware that
propagates by inserting a
copy of itself and becoming
part of another program.
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Virus
Review
A type of malware that looks
like a software that looks real,
but it activates and attacks the
host when loaded is called?
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Trojan