Self-encrypting virus

Self-encrypting virus

Also known as an encrypted virus, a type of virus that attempts to conceal itself from anti-virus programs, most of which try to find viruses by looking for certain patterns of code (known as virus signatures) that are unique to each virus. To avoid detection, self-encrypting viruses encrypt these text strings differently with each infection.

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