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What type of virus breaches security and is not designed to destroy a system or replicate itself?

What type of virus breaches security and is not designed to destroy a system or replicate itself?

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1. If it doesn't replicate itself it isn't a virus. It might be spyware.
2. Rootkits, themselves, aren’t actually malicious. There’s no necessity for them to be malicious. It’s just they can be used to hide things. A Rootkit can keep itself, other files, registry keys and network connections hidden from detection and this is why they are so dangerous. Rootkits are used to hide the existence of Spyware, Trojans, Keyloggers and other malware on computers. They are also commonly used by hackers to hide the backdoors they install on computers. The rise in the use of Rootkits can be seen at the moment as more Spyware creators are trying to hide their installation from the evolving Spyware scanners and virus writers trying to hide their existance.
3. Well designed malware (Keyloggers,spyware,worms,backdoors) are all rogue programs that steal your info or do what ever there designed to do and go unnoticed! Scareware like (Personal antivirus) screws up your computer so you can't delete it? Viruses regenerate themselves and really screw up your OS! >>>(BEWARE)<<< Never trust your drivers after you after having a virus? They can be infected and when you do a reinstall of your OS and use a driver backup program to restore your drivers your new OS will get infected and screw it all up again and again etc! For some reason infected drivers aren't detected by antivirus programs? )~8 (Top free security systems) 1. (Pctools Antivirus,Threatfire and Firewall plus). PcTools Antivirus is the same as SpyDoc with antivirus only lighter and it has real time protection,Threatfire has real time threat analysis and Firewall plus is a nice user friendly firewall,(all) are lite and effective. http://www.pctools.com/free-antivirus/download/ http://www.threatfire.com/download/ http://www.pctools.com/firewall/ 2. (Malwarebytes,Superantispyware,Avira). Malwarebytes and Superantispyware are both on demand scanners and Avira is a scanner/firewall combo,They work well with each other and are also lite and effective although Avira is prown to giving false positives from time to time? http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10804572.html?tag=mncol http://download.cnet.com/SuperAntiSpyware-Free-Edition/3000-8022_4-10523889.html?tag=mncol http://download.cnet.com/Avira-AntiVir-Personal-Free-Antivirus/3000-2239_4-10322935.html?tag=mncol 3.(DriveSentry) is a all in one system that is lite and (very effective) and it's also easy to use (After allowing all your programs to run once you don,t even notice it,just set and forget)This is great for laptops. http://download.cnet.com/DriveSentry/3000-2239_4-10645694.html (Note): I use Malwarebytes and Superantisryware as backup scanners and DriveSentry for realtime day to day protection.(Nice to be virus free!) Other good free virus fighting tools? (Dr Webs Cure It).http://www.freedrweb.com/cureit/ (Trend Micros Hijack This).http://download.cnet.com/Trend-Micro-HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10227353.html (Free Bootable rescue CDs).http://www.askvg.com/download-free-bootable-rescue-cds-from-kaspersky-bitdefender-avira-f-secure-and-others/ Stay Safe Out There (^.^)