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spam
Internet; Internet security
An unwanted electronic message, most commonly unsolicited bulk email. Typically, spam is sent to multiple recipients who did not ask to receive it. Types include email spam, instant messaging spam, ...
variant, variants
Internet; Internet security
A modified version of an existing virus. A variant is usually deliberately produced by the virus author or another person amending the virus code. If changes to the original are small, most ...
master boot record (MBR)
Internet; Internet security
Also known as the partition table, the 340-byte program located in the master boot sector. This program reads the partition table, determines what partition to boot, and transfers control to the ...
master boot sector virus
Internet; Internet security
A virus that infects the system’s master boot record on hard drives and the boot sector on floppy disks. This type of virus takes control of the system at a low level by activating between the ...
boot sector infector (BSI)
Internet; Internet security
A virus that infects the original boot sector on a floppy disk or hard disk. These viruses are particularly serious because information in the boot sector is loaded into memory first, before ...
whitelist
Internet; Internet security
A list of email addresses from trusted sources whose messages you want to receive and do not consider spam.
hacker tools
Internet; Internet security
Security utilities that are as adept at helping administrators secure their environment as they are at helping attackers gain entry to it.
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