Anti virus

Anti virus

Software applications for preventing, detecting, and removing malware, including computer viruses, worms, and trojan horses.

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file viruses

Software; Anti virus

Viruses which input some part of their malicious code into legitimate files. When the file is accessed, the code is executed.

overwriting virus

Software; Anti virus

A form of file virus which overwrites the original file completely, leaving only the malicious code. These files cannot be disinfected and must be deleted.

heuristics

Software; Anti virus

Scanning for new and undetected malware.

antivirus

Software; Anti virus

Technology used to identify and protect users' systems from malicious code, including detecting and removing code already in the system.

In malware distribution, unexpected emails and attachments can contain viruses and trojans. These can appear to be non-executable files while really being executable files, through the use of double ...