Malware

Malware 

Vivek. like any other teenage boy loves to play online games on his phone. He usually downloads the free games available at the trusted market zones. 

One day, he got an SMS “Click here to get the Latest Paid Games Online for free“. 

Excitedly, he clicked on the link and downloaded and installed the game. Unknowingly to him, these 
games had a malicious part that allowed the attacker to take control of his phone and made it unusable. 

This was a “Drive-by Download“ attack and due to his oversight, Vivek’s phone was infected with a Malware. 

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Malwares can be a Virus, Worm or Troian horse that can come to you through use of un-licensed software, unknowingly downloading free but untrusted software programs, or through the use of infected pen drives, storage cards etc 

How to be safe? 

1) Never click unfamiliar links or download unfamiliar content. 

2) Keep your computer system updated with a good anti-virus software 

3) ignore any mails or invites which comes from unknown sources. 

4) Always scan the shared drives before using it.