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These tools collect credentials and other information from browser records, key presses, email and instant messages, voice and video conversations, and screenshots. They are used in cyberattacks to establish control and steal information.
- **Exploit** – Exploits take advantage of unsecure code in operating system components and applications. Exploits allow attackers to run arbitrary code, elevate privileges, and perform other actions that increase their ability to compromise a targeted machine. Exploits are found in both commodity malware and malware used in targeted attacks.
- **General malware** – Malware are malicious programs that perform unwanted actions, including actions that can disrupt, cause direct damage, and facilitate intrusion and data theft. Some malware can replicate and spread from one machine to another. Others are able to receive commands from remote attackers and perform activities associated with cyberattacks.
- **Unwanted software** – Potentially unwanted software is a category of applications that install and perform undesirable activity without adequate user consent. These applications are not necessarily malicious, but their behaviors often negatively impact the computing experience, even appearing to invade user privacy. Many of these applications display advertising, modify browser settings, and install bundled software.
- **Unwanted software** – Unwanted software is a category of applications that install and perform undesirable activity without adequate user consent. These applications are not necessarily malicious, but their behaviors often negatively impact the computing experience, even appearing to invade user privacy. Many of these applications display advertising, modify browser settings, and install bundled software.
**Machine health state**</br>
Filter the list to view specific machines grouped together by the following machine health states: