Apollo CIS

Viruses, the common criminal in any computer fatalities, they’ve gotten their name from how they’re received, only the sick person is more of a bad link or download. Viruses are each completely unique, but all can fall into a category by what they’re capable of-
Worms self-replicate
Spyware observes essential data, like usernames and passwords
And all of them are considered malware, malicious programs with the sole goal to harm, that is the proper term for today’s “viruses” and if you use the internet it is best to know what you’re getting into to prevent such creations to harm your experience.

Ransomware: a type of malware from crypto virology that threatens to publish the victim’s data or perpetually block access to it unless a ransom is paid.
There are two types of ransomware, Blocker ransomware and crypto ransomware.
Blocker ransomware locks users out of basic computer functions
Crypto ransomware encrypts your critical data- documents, photos, and videos while leaving more basic computer functions untouched, crypto creators often include a countdown in their ransom demand.
There multiple critical cases of ransomware around the world, include, WannaCry, Petya, and Bad Rabbit.

Do you know what a trojan is, a trojan is a piece of malware that can potentially harm your computers performance, the first known trojan was a program called ANIMAL. This attack released in 1975 presented as a simple game of twenty questions but in the background, it was coping to shared directories where many users can find it, this was a harmless prank. By December 1989 trojan attacks weren’t for pranks anymore. Several thousand floppy disk drives contained the AIDS Trojan, were mailed to subscribers of PC Business World magazine and a World Health Organization AIDS conference.