Anti virus

Anti virus

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

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Drive-by-Download

Software; Anti virus

The automatic download of software to a user's computer when he/she visits a website or views an html formatted email, without the user's consent and often without any notice at all. ...

End User licence Agreement (EULA)

(EULA) An agreement between a producer and a user of computer software that specifies the terms of use putatively agreed to by the user. The software producer specifies the parameters and limitations ...

Droneware

Software; Anti virus

Programmes used to take remote control of a computer and typically used to send spam remotely, run Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks or host offensive web images. See also Botnet

Hacker Tool

Software; Anti virus

Security Analysis Software that can be used to investigate, analyse or compromise the security of systems. Some Hacker Tools are multi-purpose programs, while others have few legitimate uses

Exploit/Security Exploit

Software; Anti virus

A piece of software that takes advantage of a hole or vulnerability in a user's system to gain unauthorised access to the system

Hijacker

Software; Anti virus

System Modification Software deployed without adequate notice, consent, or control to the user. Hijackers often unexpectedly alter browser settings, redirect Web searches and/or network requests to ...

Host File

Software; Anti virus

A file, stored on the user's computer, used to look up the Internet Protocol address of a device connected to a computer network. Some Spyware has been known to change a host file in order to ...