The term malware is a contraction of malicious software. Put simply, malware is any piece of software that was written with the intent of doing harm to data, devices or to people. When you hear talk of viruses, Trojans, spyware and the like, what you're really hearing is talk of different kinds of malware.

What does malware do?

Knowing the way malware goes about doing its damage can be helpful in categorizing what kind of malware you're dealing with. The following is a list of common types of malware, but it is hardly exhaustive:

Trojans: This kind of malware disguises itself as legitimate software, or is included in legitimate software that has been tampered with.

Spyware: No surprise here: spyware is malware designed to spy on you. It hides in the background and takes notes on what you do online, including your passwords, credit card numbers, surfing habits and more.

Worms: Worms infect entire networks of devices, either local or across the internet, by using network interfaces.

Ransomware: Also called scareware, this kind of malware can lock down your computer and threaten to erase everything — unless a ransom is paid to its owner.

Adware: Though not always malicious in nature, particularly aggressive advertising software can undermine your security just to serve you ads.

Botnets: Botnets are networks of infected computers that are made to work together under the control of an attacker.

II) On a new page, create a table to represent the information on mobile threats for January to April 2018 as given below: Use formulas to calculate the totals for each month.

III at the bottom of your document insert, using WordArt, the sentence: “This is the Computer Era” 

IV) Also apply two column work and insert an image of your own choice.

v)insert a header and footer using your subject name and your index no

VI) Carry out necessary formatting needed and Save your document as Threats.

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QUESTION TWO