Malware, short for malicious software, is software used to disrupt computer operation, gather sensitive information, or gain access to private computer systems. It can appear in the form of code, scripts, active content, and other software. For a malicious program to accomplish its goals, it must be able to run without being detected, shut down, or deleted. When a malicious program is disguised as something normal or desirable, users may willfully install it without realizing it. This is the technique of the Trojan horse or trojan.
Last Saturday morning while enjoying my first coffee of the day and starting up my PC, one of these Trojans popped up without warning in the form of a Winzip registry optimzer. Software that I had never knowingly installed on my system. It had happily installed itself under the nose of my Virgin Media Anti-Malware and Firewall. This was the last straw after daily attacks and so I set about clean my PC.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Registry Reviver and Revo Uninstaller helped to clean out my system.
Last Saturday morning while enjoying my first coffee of the day and starting up my PC, one of these Trojans popped up without warning in the form of a Winzip registry optimzer. Software that I had never knowingly installed on my system. It had happily installed itself under the nose of my Virgin Media Anti-Malware and Firewall. This was the last straw after daily attacks and so I set about clean my PC.
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, Registry Reviver and Revo Uninstaller helped to clean out my system.
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