Malware is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system, without the owner's consent. The term is a portmanteau of "mal-" (or perhaps "malicious") and "software", and describes the intent of the creator, rather than any particular features. Malware is commonly taken to include computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spyware and adware. In law, malware is sometimes known as a computer contaminant, for instance in the legal codes of California, West Virginia, and several other U.S. states ^*.

Malware should not be confused with defective software, that is, software which has a legitimate purpose but contains errors or bugs.

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AntiVirus-Security News: Windows Antivirus Pro Tackled by the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool. http://bit.ly/8ZedJa
techgle_virus (Antivirus Security) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 19:27:33 -0000
AntiVirus-Security News: Windows Antivirus Pro Tackled by the Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool. http://bit.ly/8ZedJa
AntiVirus-General Discussion: Microsoft® Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool http://forum.techgle.com/showthread.php?t=636333
techgle_virus (Antivirus Security) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:24:31 -0000
AntiVirus-General Discussion: Microsoft® Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool http://forum.techgle.com/showthread.php?t=636333
More malicious software discovered in 2009 than in the previous five years combined, say McAfee. http://bit.ly/7rDPHK
sandradeeza (Maritza vd Heuvel) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 17:59:54 -0000
More malicious software discovered in 2009 than in the previous five years combined, say McAfee. http://bit.ly/7rDPHK
haha, the warning for the incognito view of google chrome warns you of people behind you. along with malicious software. hahah!!
hypeismyname (Jonathan S Paek) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:43:02 -0000
haha, the warning for the incognito view of google chrome warns you of people behind you. along with malicious software. hahah!!
Attackers continue to come up with creative ways of tricking potential victims into installing malicious software. http://bit.ly/4Nw0fw
domains2go (domains2go) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 12:30:04 -0000
Attackers continue to come up with creative ways of tricking potential victims into installing malicious software. http://bit.ly/4Nw0fw
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noahslist (Steve Taylor) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 11:57:10 -0000
Re: Search in the home page: Hi guys Searches whole computer or just a certain file for malicious software co... http://tinyurl.com/ykrrfl3

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