List and describe 5 different types of computer viruses?

Some types of Computer Viruses would be adware, ransomware, trojan, spyware and computer worm.

Adware: Software that generates ads to make money for the author.

Ransomware: Software that restricts access to the computer system and demands that you pay the creator of the software to to unrestrict the computer.

Trojan horse: Type of malware that contains malicious code that can steal data or harm the computer

Spyware: Software that gathers personal and sensitive information

Computer Worm: A program that can replicate itself and spread to other computers .