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    Emotet (2014) is considered one of the most destructive and dangerous Trojans. It spreads
                     through spam emails to steal banking information.

                     Pegasus (2016) is commercial spyware. It secretly infects a smartphone (Android or iOS)
                     and tracks the device completely for every action.

                      A harmful virus can cause a computer to crash within hours or even minutes. But, a harmless
                      virus may be a joke or a message on the monitor every time the computer is turned on.

                           Factbot

                    MyDoom was the most expensive computer malware of all time; it caused 38.5 billion dollars of
                    damage.

                        HARMS CAUSED BY COMPUTER MALWARE

                  Different malwares affect your computer in different ways.

                     They can crash your hard disk.
                     They can destroy all or some of your data.

                     They decrease the processing speed of the computer.
                     They can reduce or block the memory of the computer or hard disk.

                     They stop you from restarting your computer or keep on restarting your computer.
                     They send e-mails from your account without your knowledge.
                     They can steal, delete or encrypt data.

                        HOW DOES COMPUTER MALWARE SPREAD?

                  Computer malwares spread through several ways. Some of them are:
                      using infected CDs/Pen drives

                      opening an infected e-mail attachment

                      downloading an infected program from Internet, Pen drives, CDs or DVDs
                      running an infected program (which can be a game, screen saver, etc.)
                      through local computer networks

                            CD                      Pendrive                     e-mail                Computer game

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