what is malware define it?
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Malware definition
Malware, short for malicious software, is a blanket term for viruses, worms, trojans and other harmful computer programs hackers use to wreak destruction and gain access to sensitive information. As Microsoft puts it, "[malware] is a catch-all term to refer to any software designed to cause damage to a single computer, server, or computer network." In other words, software is identified as malware based on its intended use, rather than a particular technique or technology used to build it.
This means that the question of, say, what the difference is between malware and a virus misses the point a bit: a virus is a type of malware, so all viruses are malware (but not every piece of malware is a virus).
malware is any software intentionally designed to cause damaged to a computer server client or computer network a wide variety of malware types exist included computer viruses worms Trojan horses, ransomware, spyware, adware , rogue software wiper and scareware