Question

What kind of malware is designed to take advantage of a security hole before it is known?

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer for the question asked is that this malware is commonly known as " a zero day ".

This was designed in order to take advantage of a security hole before it was even known.

Explanation:

this zero day is also written as 0-day.

The feature is that its weakness is that for example,criminals may even engineer malware to take benefits of such types of files which exploits and compromises attacked systems with the purpose to steal confidential files.

Answer 2

Answer:

There are multiple types of malware systems that can affect any type of computer. They can enter any type of text or damage the entire software system of a computer and the exploit bug can be detected to reduce the effect.

There are different types of malware known as Bots, Virus, worms and Trojans.  Generally any worm enters through a kind of vulnerability in the system and destroys the entire computer.