Question

General term to refer to viruses, worms, spyware etc is

Answer 1

"Malware" is short for malicious software and used as a single term to refer to virus, spy ware, worm etc. Malware is designed to cause damage to a stand alone computer or a networked pc. So wherever a malware term is used it means a program which is designed to damage your computer it may be avirus, worm or Trojan.

Answer 2

malware is short for malicious software and used as a single term to refer to virus;spyware and worm etc.