What is the difference between a virus, trojan and a rootkit A
virus is a program or script written with an objective;
collecting data, gaining control of a system, or opening a back
door for future access to the system. A trojan is a program that
caries a payload of a rootkit or a virus. A rootkit, much like a
virus has an objective but functions at a lower level in the
system. These are harder programs to identify and to remove.
They function a the base layer of the operating system or can
get into the boot sector of the operating system and infect the
bios of the computer. What is Malware Malware stands for
malicious software. it is any software designed with the intent
of interrupting services. This includes trojans, viruses and
rootkits. What is a Phishing Attack A phishing attack is an
attack attempting to gather sensitive information. A Spear
Phishing attack is a targeted phishing attack.