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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Malware

A method of hiding the presence of a threat, file or process. One form of stealth involves redirecting requests or attempts to view malicious files or code to an otherwise innocent location in a file ...

tool

Software; Malware

A Tool detection is used for software that may have a legitimate purpose, but which may be abused by malware authors or attackers. A Hacktool detection is used for tools that have been designed more ...

trojan

Software; Malware

A malicious application that is unable to spread of its own accord. Historically, the term has been used to refer to applications that appear legitimate and useful, but perform malicious and illicit ...

trojan clicker

Software; Malware

A trojan clicker is a type of trojan that clicks. This could include trojans that initiate the installation of another program by clicking through dialog boxes in an installer program, however, it is ...

trojan downloader/dropper

Software; Malware

A form of trojan that installs other malicious files to the infected computer either by downloading them from a remote computer or by dropping them directly from a copy contained in its own code.