Definition of the day: What is malware?

‘Malware’ is  short form for ‘malicious software’. ‘Malware’ encompasses viruses, worms, Trojan horse, ransomware etc
Examples of malware include: Wannacry ransomware

Destruction produced by malware: computers will freeze, the computer can be used to launch attacks, the computer will crash, your data will be maliciously deleted etc.