INTERNET THREATS

   
 There are many types of computer security threats in this world. Some are pretty harmful while some are totally harmless although annoying. There are also some which does not do any damage to your computer, but has the capability to empty the numbers in your bank account.

KINDS OF INTERNET THREATS:

1.Trojan-. It has the ability to hide itself from antivirus detection and steal important banking data to compromise your bank account.

2.Virus-The ultimate goal of a virus is to ensure that the victim’s computer will never be able to operate properly or even at all.

3. Worms-One  of the most harmless threats where it is program designed only to spread.It can spread from one computer to another computer within a network or even the internet.

4.. Spyware- designed to spy on the victim’s computer.  Mostly, the use of this spyware is to know what your daily activity is so that the attacker can make use of your information.

5.Keylogging- Keylogging is a very powerful threat to steal people’s login credential such as username and password. 

6.Adware- Is a form of threat where your computer will start popping out a lot of advertisement.

7. Phishing-The idea of this attack is to trick the user into entering their username and password into the fake login form which serves the purpose of stealing the identity of the victim.