Anti virus

Anti virus

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

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A COM file is a type of executable file limited to 64 kb. These simple files are often used for utility programmes and small routines. Because COM files are executable, viruses can infect them. This ...

Cold boot

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To cold boot is to start the computer by cycling the power. A cold boot using a rescue disc (a clean floppy disc with boot instructions and virus scanning capabilities) is often necessary to clean or ...

Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking

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Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking is a distributed system of file sharing where any PC on the network can see any other PC on the network. Users access each others' hard drives to download files. This ...

Payload

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Payload refers to the effects produced by a virus attack. It sometimes refers to a virus associated with a dropper or Trojan horse.

Password sniffing

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Password sniffing is the use of a sniffer to capture passwords as they cross a network. The network could be a local area network, or the Internet itself. The sniffer can be hardware or software. ...

Rename

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A rename is an action by which a user or programme assigns a new name to a file. Viruses may rename programme files and take the name of the file so that running the programme inadvertently runs the ...

Redirect

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A redirect is an action used by some viruses to point a command to a different location. Often this different location is the address of the virus and not the original file or application.