Malware

Malware

Abbreviation for Malicious software, it is a software designed to harm or secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent.

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Klez (pronounced KLEHZ) is an Internet worm that launches automatically when a user previews or reads an e-mail message containing Klez on a system that has not been patched for a vulnerability in ...

Kriz virus

Software; Malware

Discovered in the fall of 1999, the Kriz virus (known more formally as W32.Kriz, W32.Kriz.dr, or PE_KRIZ) infects files on Windows 9x and Windows NT and 2000 systems. It has a potentially devastating ...

ethical worm

Software; Malware

An ethical worm is a program that automates network-based distribution of security patches for known vulnerabilities. Like its malicious counterpart, the ethical worm could propagate across networks ...

hybrid virus

Software; Malware

A hybrid virus (sometimes called a multi-part or multipartite virus) is one that combines characteristics of more than one type to infect both program files and system sectors. The virus may attack ...

IM worm

Software; Malware

An IM worm is self-replicating malicious code that spreads in instant messaging networks. When an IM worm infects a computer, it locates the address book for the instant messenger client, which is ...

ILOVEYOU virus

Software; Malware

The ILOVEYOU virus comes in an e-mail note with "I LOVE YOU" in the subject line and contains an attachment that, when opened, results in the message being re-sent to everyone in the recipient's ...

trojan proxy

Software; Malware

A trojan proxy is a type of trojan that installs a proxy server on a computer. A proxy server installed by a trojan can be configured so that all Internet requests made by the infected computer are ...