
viruses and trojans are a type of malware like Fords and Chryslers are a type of automobile. All viruses are malware but not all malware are viruses and there is a taxonomy to malware like there is in the animal or plant kingdoms. The over arching concept of Malicious Soft ware is "malware". It is a common misconception that the term "virus" is an all encompassing terminilogy for malicious software.

exe and somehow it installed in my Programs list?Īdware and PUPs ( Potentially Unwanted Programs ) do not equate to a "virus".

It seems to be mostly PUPs and Adware though but I’m just worried about it because I didn’t even run the.
