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Anti virus

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

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Host

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Host is a term often used to describe the computer file to which a virus attaches itself. Most viruses run when the computer or user tries to execute the host file.

Hijacking is an attack whereby an active, established session is intercepted and used by the attacker. Hijacking can occur locally if, for example, a legitimate user leaves a computer unprotected. ...

Cyber gangs

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Cyber gangs are groups of hackers, crackers, and other cyber criminals that pool their resources to commit crimes on the Internet. organised crime is often involved in cyber gang activity. Also see: ...

Crimeware

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Crimeware is malicious software such as viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, deceptive scripts, and other programmes used to commit crimes on the Internet including identity theft and fraud. Also see: ...

Cookie

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Cookies are blocks of text placed in a file on your computer's hard disk. Web sites use cookies to identify users who revisit their site. Cookies might contain login or registration information, ...

Compromise

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To compromise a system is to access or disclose information without authorization.

Companion virus

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Companion viruses use a feature of DOS that allows software programmes with the same name, but with different extensions, to operate with different priorities. Most companion viruses create a COM ...