Anti virus

Anti virus

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

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Automatic Download Software designed to instal or reinstall software by downloading slowly in the background so the download is less noticeable (and does not impair other functions). Tricklers are ...

Trojan

Software; Anti virus

A programme that appears to do one thing but actually does another (a.k.a. Trojan Horse)

User

Software; Anti virus

The system owner or the designated administrator. In a household, this is commonly the person operating the computer

United Virtualities Persistent Identification Element

Software; Anti virus

(PIE) United Virtualities PIE is a Tracking Technology designed to be an alternative to a Cookie, utilising Macromedia Flash. It is an example of a Passive Tracking Technology

Virus

Software; Anti virus

Code that recursively replicates a possibly evolved copy of itself. Viruses infect a Host File or system area, or they simply modify a reference to such objects to take control and then multiply ...

Zombie

Software; Anti virus

A system that has been taken over using Remote Control Software. Zombies are often used to send spam or to attack remote servers with an overwhelming amount of traffic, a Distributed ...

Worm

Software; Anti virus

Worms are network Viruses, primarily replicating on networks. Usually, a worm will execute itself automatically on a remote machine without any extra help from a user. However, there are worms, such ...