Anti virus

Anti virus

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

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Hacker Tool

Software; Anti virus

Security Analysis Software that can be used to investigate, analyze or compromise the security of systems. Some Hacker Tools are multi-purpose programs, while others have few legitimate uses

Exploit/Security Exploit

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A piece of software that takes advantage of a hole or vulnerability in a user's system to gain unauthorized access to the system

System Modification Software deployed without adequate notice, consent, or control to the user. Hijackers often unexpectedly alter browser settings, redirect Web searches and/or network requests to ...

Host File

Software; Anti virus

A file, stored on the user's computer, used to look up the Internet Protocol address of a device connected to a computer network. Some Spyware has been known to change a host file in order to ...

Keylogger

Software; Anti virus

(or Keystroke Logger) Tracking Software that records keyboard and/or mouse activity. Keyloggers typically either store the recorded keystrokes for later retrieval or they transmit them to the remote ...

Objective Criteria

Software; Anti virus

The behavioral factors which anti-spyware companies use to decide whether to consider a process or program Spyware

Passive Tracking Technologies

Software; Anti virus

Technologies used to monitor user behavior or gather information about the user, sometimes including personally identifiable or other sensitive information