Technology in 10: Malware, Viruses, Worms and More (Season 1- Episode 3)

Technology in 10: Malware, Viruses, Worms and More (Season 1- Episode 3) In this episode, we take a look a closer look at Malware. We talk about viruses, trojans, worms, spyware, dialers, keyloggers, and adware. Links from the video: *Microsoft Security Essentials: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/wi... *AVG: http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage *AVAST: http://www.avast.com/en-us/index More Information: Malware is a blanket term that means malicious code. It is software designed to do bad things to your computer. Viruses are designed to attach themselves to a program. When the program is used, the virus goes into action. The virus could wipe out data, send spam e-mails, and more depend on how it was written. Some estimate put the number of new viruses release at around 100,000 or more each week. Trojan Horses Complete are designed to look like a harmless program. They are typically downloaded intentionally by the unsuspecting user. What the user doesn't know if that the program has a nefarious side as well. A worm unlike a virus this is a standalone program. It can travel from machine to other machines through a network. They commonly infect systems because of security flaws. For more be sure to check out the video. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mr. Ford Class is one of the leading educational YouTube channels for anatomy and physiology, microbiology and computer training videos. Scott Ford, M. Ed. is an award-winning teacher with over 16 years in the classroom. His videos are used by public schools, private schools, colleges and trade schools around the world. All of his tutorials are now available for only $9.95/mo. at http://mrfordsclass.net/ or follow him on social media. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Come and follow me on Social Media ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Twitter:   / mrfordsclass   Facebook:   / mrfordsclasslearning   YouTube:    / mrfordsclass   Instagram:   / mrfordsclasslearning   Snapchat: mrfordsclass