i mean that as in, being able to enter my accounts without even using my password or without installing any virus in my computer. thank you!!
i mean that as in, being able to enter my accounts without even using my password or without installing any virus in my computer. thank you!!
It would be considered malware but not technically a virus.
Most people consider any sort of “thing installed or running on my computer against my knowledge doing bad stuff” to be a virus.
That’s why the OP said “installing any virus in my computer”
A virus is specifically malware that automatically spreads to other devices. It’s similar to a worm. They tend to spread surreptitiously using vulnerabilities or design flaws. To me that’s quite different than installing a shady browser plugin, and imo it’s better to use the term malware to make it clear privacy violating browser extensions are something people unfortunately choose to install, unlike a virus.
A lot of the shady browser extensions don’t start shady, they get bought from the original creators and updated into something malicious.
Either way, your average non-technical person couldn’t tell you the difference, so it hardly matters.
That’s true, but it’s still not a virus and I’m not going to use an inaccurate term just because other people don’t understand the distinction.