Malware analysis is the study or process of
determining the functionality, origin
and potential impact of a given malware
sample such as a virus, worm, trojan
horse, rootkit, or backdoor.
Malware or malicious software is any
computer
software intended to harm the host
operating system or to steal sensitive data
from
users, organizations or companies. Malware
may include software that gathers user
information without permission.