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Ransomware, Adware Etc., How to Protect Yourself? Antivirus Software

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Malware regularly makes headlines: Attacks on businesses, institutes, governments and even hospitals are rife in the digital age, and home computers are not spared either.  These attacks exist in different forms: for each type of damage, a specific name is used such as  ransomware (or  ransomware), spyware (  or spyware),  adware  (  adware  ) or  scareware  (alarm software).  The English term "ware" is simply short for software.  All describe forms of  malware  (“malicious software”).  But what exactly do these terms mean?  How serious is the threat?  As an Internet user, how do you protect yourself from malware and remove it from your computer in the event of an infection? Ransomware: How to Protect Yourself From the Ransom Trojan? The word ransomware is made up of the English term "ransom" (ransom) and software.  We also speak of Trojan horse, ransomware or extortion.  All of them describe ...