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Advanced Cybersecurity

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Lesson 5.2 Malware Types and Prevention

Description

In this lesson, students learn about the different types of malware as well as how to detect, prevent, and remove malware. Students learn how anti-malware software works and explore various tools different operating systems have to detect and prevent malware.

Objective

Students will be able to:

  • Explain how to prevent and remove malware using the following tools and methods: antivirus/anti-malware software, recovery console, backup/restore, and view running processes
  • Define malware and identify different types of malware: ransomware, trojan, keylogger, rootkit, virus, worm, spyware

Activities

These are all the activities included in the lesson

5.2.1 Malware Types and Prevention
5.2.2 Malware Types and Prevention
5.2.3 How Anti-malware Works
5.2.4 How Anti-malware Works
5.2.5 OS Malware Security
5.2.6 Reverse Engineering Malware