Malware (from malicious software) is any type of programming intended to cause harm. Malware is designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. Viruses, worms, spyware, and Trojan horses are the most common examples of malware. Among other things, a malware infection can: corrupt files, alter or delete data, distribute confidential data, disable hardware, deny legitimate user access, and cause a hard drive to crash. Frequently, malware is also designed to send itself from your e-mail account to all the friends and colleagues in your address book. The results of malware infection include wasted resources, compromised systems, lack of regulatory compliance, lost or stolen data, and the loss of user and client confidence.

Viruses self-replicate within computers and across networks and alter files or data. They usually require some action on the user's part to start, most often just clicking an executable file attachment on an e-mail (although embedded programming in an email message can execute a virus program). Typically, people think that the file came to them from a trusted source or is something they want to see.

Worms are a virus variant that can infect a computer without any user interaction. A worm doesn't alter files, but resides in active memory and duplicates itself. Worms use parts of an operating system that are automatic and usually invisible to the user. It is common for worms to be noticed only when their uncontrolled replication consumes system resources, slowing or halting other tasks.

Trojans are malicious coding hidden within innocuous programming or data in such a way that it can get control and do its chosen form of damage, such as ruining the file allocation table on your hard disk. A Trojan horse may be widely redistributed along with a virus.

Spyware is programming that is put into your computer to secretly gather information and relay it to advertisers or other interested parties. Spyware can get into a computer as a software virus or as the result of installing a new program. Although not malicious in intent, spyware is often installed without your consent and even without your knowledge, as a drive-by download or as the result of clicking some option in a deceptive popup window. By the same token, adware, which usually includes spyware components, can also be considered malware.

Adware is any software package which automatically plays, displays, or downloads advertising material to a computer after the software is installed on it or while the application is being used.

Browser hijackers are programs that alter your computer's browser settings so that you are redirected to Web sites you had no intention of visiting. Most browser hijackers alter default home pages and search pages to those of their customers, who pay for that service because of the traffic it generates. More virulent versions often add bookmarks for pornographic Web sites to the users' own bookmark collection, generate pornographic pop-up windows faster than the user can close them, and redirect users to pornographic sites when they inadvertently mistype a URL or enter a URL without the www. preface. Poorly coded browser hijackers - which, unsurprisingly, are common - may also slow your computer down and cause browser crashes.

A Rootkit is a program designed to take fundamental control of a computer system, without authorization by the system's owners. Typically, rootkits act to obscure their presence on the system through subversion or evasion of standard operating system security mechanisms. Often, they are also Trojans as well, thus fooling users into believing they are safe to run on their systems.

911SaveMyData.net Malware Solution

At 911SaveMyData.net, we offer a full complete computer clean up, which will rid your computer of all known malware and get your computer running as fast and as secure as possible; the way it should be. Our computer clean up will stop any blue screen messages, error messages, freezing, pop up ads and slowness caused by malware. Our complete computer clean up also fixes hijacked wallpaper, hijacked home pages, viruses blinking in your task bar, registry corruptions and more!

If you don't have any virus or spyware protection, or if you have an antivirus program that's not doing its job, we can provide you with state-of-the-art Anti-Virus Solutions. We offer virus protection software that does not use up a lot of memory and slow your computer down, but still provides you with some of the best virus protection you can get. We also provide you with programs to scan your computer for spyware and adware. We can install these programs for you and provide instructions on how to update and run them so you can continue to be safe in the future. When these programs are used regularly, you won't have to worry about bad files attacking your computer again!

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