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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distributed denial of service (DDOS)

Software; Malware

A type of DoS that delivers considerable resources which may be required to exhaust a target computer and cause it to fail to respond. Often multiple computers are used to perform these types of ...

definition

Software; Malware

A set of signatures that can be used to identify malware using antivirus or antispyware products. Other vendors may refer to definitions as DAT files, pattern files, identity files, or antivirus ...

dialer

Software; Malware

A program that makes unauthorized telephone calls. These calls may be charged at a premium rate and attract an unexpectedly high cost to the user.

disinfect

Software; Malware

To remove malware or potentially unwanted software from a computer, or to restore functionality to an infected program.

domain authentication

Software; Malware

An action by which the user is checked and verified to be a member of a specific domain that he is trying to access.

A condition that occurs when the resources of a target computer are deliberately exhausted, effectively overwhelming the computer and causing it to fail to respond or function for its intended users. ...

double-free condition

Software; Malware

Occurs when a program frees up memory twice on the same address before that memory has been reused. This can lead to modifying certain memory locations, and thus unpredictable program behavior and in ...