Identifying Types of Malware Infection

1) You notice that your computer is getting slower each day. You have terminated unneeded programs, disabled unneeded services, and have recently defragmented the disks. Your computer has plenty of memory but it still seems slow. Since it only started getting slow within the last two weeks, you suspect a malware attack. You have carefully examined each of the programs running but there are no unusual programs. However, you do notice that there is substantial disk activity, even when no programs are running that should be using the disk. What kind of malware do you think is present in your computer?
Rootkit and likely another type of malware – Closing all programs and still seeing disk usage would suggest that a rootkit has installed and is actively hiding the actual program running. The rootkit would hide the program while a virus or worm is likely behind the scenes wreaking havoc. 2) You download a new program to display the current weather on your desktop. Since you installed the weather application you noticed a lot of network activity and your computer is getting slow. When you terminate the weather application your computer speeds up. What kind of malware do you think is present in your computer?
Trojan Horse – Acting as a useful program, it actually infects and runs amuck inside of the pc and network.

3) Within a week after ordering a new widescreen television (TV) from an online retailer, you start getting many email messages advertising products related to TVs. What kind of malware do you think is present in your computer?
Spyware – Spyware is used by marketers to advertise to consumers, the spyware was likely attached when the user bought and paid for the TV online. 4) You downloaded a new game to your personal digital assistant (PDA) that runs Windows mobile. You notice on your mobile service