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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kill bit

Software; Malware

A specific value for the Compatibility Flags DWORD value for the ActiveX control in the registry that, when set, means that the control is no longer called by Internet Explorer at all unless the ...

least-privilege user account (LUA)

Software; Malware

A user account that normally runs with minimal privileges.

A type of virus written as a macro for an application (such as Microsoft Word or Excel). A macro virus infects a file by replicating itself as a macro for that file, ensuring that when the file is ...

malformed input

Software; Malware

A type of input that is not well-formed; that is, it is not of the expected format or contains invalid data.

malware

Software; Malware

Malicious software or potentially unwanted software installed without adequate user consent.

malware creation tool

Software; Malware

A malware creation tool is a program that is used by attackers to generate malware. Such programs may be able to automatically produce malware files according to specifications provided by the ...