straight up just a rentry site for me to dump info about malware/viruses/whatever that i pick up overtime, worded in my own way (for dummies). this is unorganised as fuck as im just putting stuff as i hear about them

my other rentry sites (if you care) ; ben main


malware "vs" virus "vs" worm ::

MALWARE is a catchall term for any type of software designed to harm, steal from or exploit a piece of hardware.

a VIRUS is a kind of MALWARE that replicates and spreads by infecting files and spreading to other systems, but only fucks your shit up if you launch whatever you downloaded. for example, if you download a game with a virus inside, just having the file doesnt mean your device is infected. your device only becomes infected once you launch the game. so scan shit before you launch it if you dont you're Dumb.

a WORM is MALWARE that once you or someone on the same network as you installs the file youre infected lol. it doesnt need to be activated the way a VIRUS does, once its on your computer then thats that. and if your computer is connected to WiFi, it will basically infect your router and fuck everyone else connected to your network's shit up by duplicating itself, both inside your computer and everyone else's.

(also, am i crazy or is a worm not being classified as different than a virus weird? i mean definitionally surely its a virus. idk ig the word virus is the problem since its so broad and so the other types of malware being counted as seperate looks weird because of that.. idk LOL)


TROJANS

most methods of installing malware you can think of off the top of your head are probably trojans ; fake games, fake apps, etc. but not all methods of spreading viruses are trojans. somebody can come into your house with a dodgy usb drive and infect your shit that way. what makes a trojan and trojan is that it promises something, and then actually gives you something else.

for example, you wanna play a paid game for free. but rather than being smart and doing research and asking actual human beings if they have any idea where you'd he able to find a cracked copy, you google (VIDEO GAME) FREE GAME VERSION and click on the top link. or you ask a dude on reddit or discord and they send you a random link or file.

congratulations, you now have some shit in your computer.

now this can go two ways. one, theres no game and sonicexe is putting blood pngs all over your monitor. OR you get the game as promised and you are none the wiser (or i guess you get the game and THEN sonicexe puts blood all over your monitor)

but generally theres lots of different trojan types so theres a lot of stuff than can happen to your stuff

REMOTE ACCESS TROJAN (RAT)

a RAT is a programme that creates a permanent backdoor in your device to let someone fuck with your device remotely (in other words in real time, i.e theyll hit a button on their end, something will happen on your computer and the same time). i've actually used a very harmless RAT before (LEGALLY AND WITH CONSENT) and that shit was fun lmfao.

but a hacker could do something as simple as just flipping your display upside down to deleting your files and copying your files to their own device, which can include personal info like banking info and login information. if they wanna be a REAL cunt they can also install more malware onto your device because they have access to pretty much ALLLL of your shit. if they can take stuff OUT best believe they can put stuff IN

mind you despite what the name may lead you to think, a RAT is still a RAT even if a person never uses it to remotely access your stuff. its not about what it IS being used for and more about what it COULD be used for. and regardless its still doing dodgy stuff in the background, such as ..

BANKING TROJANS

guess what this one steals guys i bet you cant guess

basically takes screenshots, keylogs and all that bad stuff when youre doing banking, ideally so it can grab your PIN numbers, credit card numbers, etc etc.

DOWNLOADER / DROPPER TROJANS

injects other malware into your stuff that was not in the original package, like ransomware, spyware or worms.

MAILFINDER TROJAN

usually this is doing something else mentioned above, but its also grabbing your email information so it can hook your contacts into a phishing scam.


RANSOMWARE

ransomware is a piece of malware that encrypts your files and then demands payment for the decryption key, usually in the form of crypto since its harder to track where cypto is coming from and where its going.

ransomware usually comes in the form of a trojan, but can sometimes manifest as a worm. sometimes you can get double fucked and get both and open a trojan and set it loose on your network lol

cutie little example of a ransomware screen

ransomware commonly infects a device in two ways ; some poor sucker believing theyre installing legitimate software, OR some poor sucker who doesnt know how piracy works. this isnt the only way as i said earlier but these are some of the most common ways it can spread.

by the way, theyre asking for 0.5% of Bitcoin. i did a little looking and on the 24th of November 2013 (the date listed in the image) bitcoin was worth £343.91 (assuming its in the us.. idk im irish i dont used that fucked up date format but i know you yanks do) . wtf lol.


KITCHEN SINK MALWARE

a term used to describe a piece of malware that uses multiple techniques, payloads and fuctions in one package. apparantly comes from the term "everything including the kitchen sink" which i thought was funny lol


PAYLOAD

a payload is basically what harm the system is designed to do. say a virus' job is to delete important files- the virus is the malware, the payload is the files being deleted.

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Pub: 19 Feb 2026 01:39 UTC

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