The symptoms described indicate that a Trojan may be the malware responsible for the issue. Trojans often masquerade as legitimate software to gain access to systems, allowing unauthorized behavior such as file manipulation and application installation.
Other options, such as ransomware, focus on encrypting data for ransom, and a worm replicates itself without needing user interaction, which does not align with the context provided.
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