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The 3 Most Common Types of PC Virus Infections

afe8f1ae8488426f1767a8ae24aef5dc The 3 Most Common Types of PC Virus Infections Web security and the vexing problem of malicious software made headlines again last week when computer antivirus software maker McAfee sent out a botched update that crashed thousands of computers around the world.

Such hiccups in computer security software are rare. What isn’t rare is the damage caused by the malicious software known as malware that antivirus software is designed to thwart.  Last year hackers stole approximately 130 million credit card numbers, according to an Internet Security Threat Report released this month by security software maker Symantec. And in the third quarter of 2009 alone, there was over $120 million in reported losses due to online banking fraud.

Trojans

Botnets

Scareware

Read more: http://www.technewsdaily.com/the-3-most-common-types-of-pc-virus-infections–0481/

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