Anti virus

Anti virus

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

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Cyber criminals are hackers, crackers, and other malicious users that use the Internet to commit crimes such as identity theft, PC hijacking, illegal spamming, phishing and pharming, and other types ...

Encryption

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Encryption is the scrambling of data so that it becomes difficult to unscramble and interpret.

Encrypted virus

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An encrypted virus's code begins with a decryption algorithm and continues with scrambled or encrypted code for the remainder of the virus. Each time it infects, it automatically encodes itself ...

EICAR standard anti-virus test file

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The EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File consists of one line of printable characters; if saved as EICAR. COM, it can be executed and displays the message: "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!" This ...

Domain name system (DNS)

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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.

DOC file

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A DOC file is a Microsoft Word Document File. In the past, these files contained only document data, but with many newer versions of Microsoft Word, DOC files also include small programmes called ...

Disc operating system (DOS)

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This is generally any computer operating system, though the term is often used as shorthand for MS-DOS—the operating system used by Microsoft before Windows was developed.