-: In this section of the course,
we're going to talk about what is Malware.
And, we're going to talk about
all of the different types of Malware.
First, what exactly does Malware mean?
Well Malware is a shorthand term for malicious software.
This is software that's designed to infiltrate
a computer system and possibly damage it
without the user's knowledge of consent.
Basically, it's all of the bad things out there
on the internet that can do harm to our computers.
This can be things like viruses, worms,
Trojan horses, Ransomware, Spyware, Rootkits, and spam.
We're going to talk about each of these in depth
in this section, so let's go ahead and get started.