Viruses work by hiding nasty code inside an existing program. The best way to keep systems clean of viruses - … use anti-malware software that scans for malicious code. If it finds some, then it will prevent the user from running the affected program or opening the affected email., Worms can automatically transfer themselves across a network without the user doing anything wrong. Therefore, we should make sure that we … - … use a good firewall that will stop data being sent across the network unless we know it is safe., Trojans pretend to be useful pieces of software to trick users into installing or running them. It is tricky to stop this problem - … but the best way is to combine education (training staff not to open or install files that we haven’t checked first) with an effective anti-malware program to scan files., Ransomware could be a big problem for us. If our important files and documents are damaged, it could set us back months. It is vital, therefore, that we … - … make regular backups. That way, if we do experience a problem, we can at least recover our files without having to pay money to the malicious coder., Adware could damage staff efficiency. Luckily, we can reduce the risk by … - … using a good anti-malware program. This should mean that we are able to detect and disable malicious software before the pop-up adverts and web page redirects start slowing staff down., Spyware is a major concern, especially as much of our work is top secret and we need to keep it safe. We should definitely make sure that we … - … use both anti-malware software to scan for anything nasty and a firewall to block data being sent back to the malware creator.,

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