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Other common viruses

Here are some other common viruses:

• Trojans: A Trojan horse virus disguises itself to look like a legitimate software or application but has a malicious payload within its core. The idea is to trick a victim into running the application on their system; once the Trojan is executed, the malicious payload unloads itself in the background without the user's knowledge. Some Trojans are used to create backdoors for hackers to gain unauthorized entry into victim's system, these are known as Remote Access Trojans (RATs).
• Spyware: Spyware is a type of virus that installs itself on a victim's system, gathers information about the user, such as their activities, and sends the information back to its creator. An example of spyware ...