What is a malware?

@biman_s (1060)
India
September 19, 2009 1:31am CST
I have come across this term during scanning my computer more a couple of times. So what exactly is a malware? How much damage can it cause my computer? Is it any different from a Trojan Horse? Please tell me.
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@cmdr001 (371)
• Portugal
19 Sep 09
Malware, which is a short for "malicious software", is any kind of software that's meant to intrude your computer system without any consent of the user and perform malicious activity within it. This means virus, trojans, also what you'd otherwise call spyware. All that. if it's meant to infect your system and make it perform in a erroneous form, just call it malware.