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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With User Account Control (or UAC, formerly known as "Least-privilege User Account," or LUA) enabled, interactive administrators normally run with least user privileges, but they can self-elevate to ...

user elevation

Software; Malware

A process in which a user acquires higher privileges than those assigned by default.

virtual machine

Software; Malware

A computer within a computer, implemented in software. A virtual machine emulates a complete hardware system, from processor to network card, in a self-contained, isolated software environment, ...

virus

Software; Malware

Malware that replicates, commonly by infecting other files in the computer, thus allowing the execution of the malware code and its propagation when those files are activated. Other forms of viruses ...

vulnerability

Software; Malware

A flaw, error, or poor coding technique in a program that may allow an attacker to exploit it for a malicious purpose.

wildlist

Software; Malware

A list of malware that is used for testing antimalware products.

windows system folder

Software; Malware

A variable location that is determined by the malware by querying the operating system. The default installation location for the Windows system folder for Windows 2000 and NT is C:\Winnt\System32; ...