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Malware is a software that can damage or disable your system and gives limited or full control of the system to the malware creator for the purpose of thread or fraud. There can be many types of malware. Some of those are
1.Trojan horse
2.Backdoor
3.Rootkit
4.Ransomware
5.Adware
6.Trapdoor