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Universal serial bus (USB)

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An industry-standard connector on almost all modern computers. This connects multiple devices, ranging from keyboards and mice to webcams, scanners, and printers. Versions USB1 and USB2 differ in ...

.dam

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This file is part of the McAfee convention for naming viruses and Trojans. This suffix is attached to the end of virus names to indicate that the sample is damaged and will not run. Detection for ...

An application that scans a computer's memory and disc drives for viruses. If it finds a virus, the application informs the user and may clean, delete, or quarantine any files, directories, or discs ...

Signature

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A search pattern — often a simple string of characters or bytes — expected to be found in every instance of a particular virus. Usually, different viruses have different signatures. Anti-virus ...

Companion virus

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This viral programme uses a feature of DOS, allowing software programmes with the same name but different extensions to operate with different priorities. It does not attach to other programs.