Not in the wild

Not in the wild

Viruses "not in the wild" are in the real world but fail to spread successfully. Also see: in the wild, zoo virus.

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Industry/Domain: Software
Category: Anti virus
Company: McAfee
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wild

Natural environment; Coral reefs

Living in a natural state; living in nature.

wild

Internet; Internet security

A term used interchangeably with “out in the field” that refers to how prevalent a virus has become. When McAfee announces that a virus is “out in the wild” or “out in the ...

wild

Games; Chess

A move that is unclear or too complex for most players to understand its significance.

wild

Language; Dictionaries

An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.

wild

Language; Dictionaries

Wildly; as, to talk wild.

not in the wild

Software; Anti virus

Viruses "not in the wild" are in the real world but fail to spread successfully. Also see: in the wild, zoo virus.

zombie

Software; Anti virus

A zombie is a PC that has been infected with a virus or Trojan horse that puts it under the remote control of an online hijacker. The hijacker uses it to generate spam or launch ...

domain name server (dns)

Software; Anti virus

A DNS server helps users find their way around the Internet by translating each web site’s IP address, which is a string of numbers, into its easy-to-remember domain name.

zoo virus

Software; Anti virus

A zoo virus exists in the collections of researchers and has never infected a real-world computer system. Also see: in the wild.

zoo

Software; Anti virus

A zoo is a collection of viruses used for testing by researchers. Also see: in the wild, zoo virus.

worm

Software; Anti virus

Worms are parasitic computer programs that replicate, but unlike viruses, do not infect other computer program files. Worms can create copies on the same computer, or can send the ...

ZIP file

Software; Anti virus

A ZIP file is a compressed file. A zip archive contains compressed collections of zipped files. ZIP files are popular on the Internet because users can deliver multiple files in a ...