Anti virus

Anti virus

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

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Zombie

Software; Anti virus

A system that has been taken over using Remote Control Software. Zombies are often used to send spam or to attack remote servers with an overwhelming amount of traffic, a Distributed ...

Worms are network Viruses, primarily replicating on networks. Usually, a worm will execute itself automatically on a remote machine without any extra help from a user. However, there are worms, such ...

scanner

Software; Anti virus

Antivirus technology designed to detect and remove malicious code.

stealth virus

Software; Anti virus

These viruses attempt to hide themselves to avoid detection by virus scanners.

antivirus

Software; Anti virus

Technology used to identify and protect users' systems from malicious code, including detecting and removing code already in the system.

attachment

Software; Anti virus

In malware distribution, unexpected emails and attachments can contain viruses and trojans. These can appear to be non-executable files while really being executable files, through the use of double ...

behavior blocking

Software; Anti virus

When files attempt to modify the system registry, behavior blockers temporarily prevent the modification to ask the user's permission. Such modifications can be legitimate, but often come with ...