luca123 Posted August 7, 2015 Report Posted August 7, 2015 (edited) Over the years, the term malware has been used to describe any type of malicious software, including viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware, scareware, and adware. In the early days of computers, malware was considered more a prank used to annoy people through destructive behavior or to show off programming skills. Basically, the more people your malicious program could infect, the greater your status in certain circles. The malicious programs were often delivered to their intended victims as email attachments, shared through removable storage media or through file-sharing services.Although malware of this sort caused a wealth of problems for its victims, the driving force behind it did not motivate as many people to get involved because the payoff wasn't as lucrative to a wide base. Today, the driving force behind malware has shifted to money. Because these attacks are driven by financial rewards, there is more malware in the wild than ever before. Not only are more people involved in the creation and distribution of malware, but the attacks have grown more sophisticated. Loaded pages: How your website can infect visitors with malware (e copy paste) Edited August 7, 2015 by hate.me Quote
