What does malware do?
Malware will perform a variety of nasty activities, ranging from simple email advertising all the way to complex identity-theft and password-stealing. New nasty functions are created every week by malware programmers, but the most common malware functions are: Malware steals your personal information and address book (identity theft and keystroke-logging). Malware floods your browser with pop-up advertising. Malware spams your inbox with advertising email. Malware slows down your connection. Malware hijacks your browser and redirects you to an advertising or a phishing-con web page. Malware uses your computer as a secret server to broadcast pornography files. Malware slows down or crashes your computer. *What kind of personal information does spyware/malware steal?* This varies from the non-confidential to the extremely-personal. The malware may simply steal a listing of your MP3s or recent website visits. Malware may also harvest your email address book. At its very worst, malware wil
