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The concept of malware is developed from malicious software, which can best be described as being any software piece whose design is developed with the intention of damaging, causing disruption or gaining unauthorized accessibility to another individual's device and inflicting harm to people or data in multiple ways. Malware has been established as being among the most significant threats with regard to the internet. In the recent past, cybercriminals have enormously employed file-less malware establishing an effective alternative attacking form; thus, making it complicated for traditional anti-virus detection due to the absence of files to scan and low footprint. There are several types of viruses in existence (Bettany & Halsey, 2017).

Viruses are a type of malware that requires an already infected program of an operating system that is active to be able to work. In most cases, the viruses are attached to a word document of an executable file. A majority of people have the possibility of being aware of the .exe file extension leading to issues when its origination isn't from a trusted source. However, hundreds of multiple extension files can be used in denoting an executable file. Viruses are often spread via websites that are infected, downloading of e-mail attachments, or file sharing. Mostly a virus has the possibility of staying dormant up to a point where there is the infection activation of the program or host file. Thus, on the occurrence of this, there is a replication of the virus spreading through the system. Cybercriminals have significantly been employing the concept of computer viruses min carrying out cyberattacks. The social engineering concept with subject to deceptions is currently significantly employed by virus developers with regards to the detailed knowledge exploitation of security vulnerabilities in initializing system infections and enhancing the spread of viruses (Brown & Brown, 2011).

Computer viruses can be detected through various methods that include scanning, heuristic detection, interception, and integrity checking. However, interception and scanning are established as the most commonly used methods with regards to less extensively used packages of anti-virus. Potential avoidance of computer viruses can be done by availing an anti-virus program and keeping it updated on your computer. This is enhanced due to the fact that the anti-virus identifies and increases the removal of viruses from computer memory, incoming files, or storage media (Kreibich & Jahnke, 2010).

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Bettany, A., & Halsey, M. (2017). Windows Virus and malware troubleshooting. Apress.

Brown, B. C., & Brown, B. C. (2011). How to stop E-mail spam, Spyware, malware, computer viruses, and hackers from ruining your computer or network: The complete guide for your home and work. Atlantic Publishing Company.

Kreibich, C., & Jahnke, M. (2010). Detection of intrusions and malware, and vulnerability assessment: 7th International Conference, DIMVA 2010, Bonn, Germany, July 8-9, 2010, proceedings. Springer Science & Business Media.