{"id":44322,"date":"2019-03-26T03:01:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T17:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=44322"},"modified":"2019-03-25T20:37:14","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:37:14","slug":"malware-protection-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/malware-protection-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Malware Protection Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malware Protection Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

To quote Wikipedia<\/a>, Malware is …<\/p>\n

\nMalware (a portmanteau for malicious software) is any software intentionally designed to cause damage to a computer, server, client, or computer network.[1] Malware does the damage after it is implanted or introduced in some way into a target’s computer and can take the form of executable code, scripts, active content, and other software.[2]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

… and as such, should not be confused with another security concern called “computer viruses” … Wikipedia<\/a> again …<\/p>\n

\nA computer virus is a type of malicious software that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code.[1] When this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be “infected” with a computer virus.[2][3]\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Confusion could mean that you think a “computer virus” scanning system will protect you from Malware. If the scanning product doesn’t say so, it doesn’t. On our MacBook Pro we got offered the chance to try out a Malware controlling piece of software called Malwarebytes<\/a>, and we’ve been using its simple interface to scan for Malware at regular intervals. We like it, and think you may like it too … hence the blog posting, for your perspicacious self, like.<\/p>\n

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