We spoke with Dr. Sophia Yen, MD, lead researcher of the study and adolescent medicine specialist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., to get the facts behind these top sexual health misconceptions.
There are a many free online scanners that check your computer for viruses and other malware, including Trend Micro's HouseCall, and Malwarebytes, which is designed to catch malware that traditional anti-virus software misses.
The short answer is: yes. The term âmalwareâ is short for âmalicious softwareâ. As computer viruses are undoubtedly malicious, they fall into the category of malware, just as trojans, rootkits or spyware do. In the end, it can be likened to dachshunds and dogs: every virus is malware just as every dachshund is also a dog.