Anti virus

Anti virus

Software applications for preventing, detecting, and removing malware, including computer viruses, worms, and trojan horses.

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basic input/output system (BIOS)

Software; Anti virus

It is the part of the operating system that identifies the set of programs used to boot the computer before it locates the system disk. The BIOS is located in the ROM (Read-Only Memory) area of ...

background task

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A background task is a task executed by the system that generally remains invisible to the user. The system usually assigns background tasks a lower priority than foreground tasks. Some malicious ...

back orifice

Software; Anti virus

Back Orifice is a program developed and released by The Cult of the Dead Cow (cDc). It is not a virus; instead, it is a remote administration tool with the potential for malicious misuse. If ...

N. A backup is a duplicate copy of data made for archiving purposes or for protection against damage and loss. V. A backup is also the process of creating duplicate data. Some programs back up data ...

background scanning

Software; Anti virus

Background scanning is a feature in some anti-virus software to automatically scan files and documents as they are created, opened, closed, or executed.

back door

Software; Anti virus

A back door is a feature programmers often build into programs to allow special privileges normally denied to users of the program. Often programmers build back doors so they can fix bugs. If hackers ...

attack

Software; Anti virus

An attack is an attempt to subvert or bypass a system's security. Attacks may be passive or active. Active attacks attempt to alter or destroy data. Passive attacks try to intercept or read data ...