It's None of Your Business!

Just about everyone has heard of computer viruses by now. Many of us have even suffered an infection from these software programs that can damage your computer or cost your firm money. Originally, these malicious programs were created as a form of vandalism or prank. More recently, these programs are written with a profit motive in mind.

Malware, short for MALicious softWARE, is software that is designed to infiltrate your computer system without your consent. Malware is a specific type of virus that almost always is looking for a means of making money on computer systems like yours. The authors who are writing this software want to control a part of your computer and turn that control into a source of revenue.

Malware programs take advantage of your computer to help their author make money by: ...