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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In computers, a Trojan horse is a program in which malicious or harmful code is contained inside apparently harmless programming or data in such a way that it can get control and do its chosen form ...

virus

Software; Malware

In computers, a virus is a program or programming code that replicates by being copied or initiating its copying to another program, computer boot sector or document. Viruses can be transmitted as ...

virus hoax

Software; Malware

A virus hoax is a false warning about a computer virus. Typically, the warning arrives in an e-mail note or is distributed through a note in a company's internal network. These notes are usually ...

worm

Software; Malware

In a computer, a worm is a self-replicating virus that does not alter files but resides in active memory and duplicates itself. Worms use parts of an operating system that are automatic and usually ...

zoo

Software; Malware

A zoo is a collection of viruses and worms that exist only in virus and anti-virus labs. Zoos are used to proactively study how malware programs are written and distributed.

in the wild

Software; Malware

According to noted computer virus expert Paul Ducklin, in order for a virus to be considered in the wild, "it must be spreading as a result of normal day-to-day operations on and between the ...

keylogger

Software; Malware

A keylogger, sometimes called a keystroke logger, key logger, or system monitor, is a hardware device or small program that monitors each keystroke a user types on a specific computer's keyboard. As ...