Malware

Malware

Abbreviation for Malicious software, it is a software designed to harm or secretly access a computer system without the owner's informed consent.

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European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR)

Software; Malware

EICAR.COM is a test file that is used to see if antivirus software is installed and functioning properly.

A type of trojan that drops other files, which are usually detected as other malware, onto the computer. The file to be dropped is included as part of the dropper package, compared to a Downloader, ...

Heap overflow

Software; Malware

A type of buffer overflow in which the overflow occurs in the heap data area. Memory in the heap is dynamically allocated; therefore successfully causing a heap overflow may overwrite internal ...

Form grabbing

Software; Malware

Form grabbing is the hooking of web browser APIs to intercept webform data, with the intent to steal authentication information or alter web content presented to the user.

Firewall

Software; Malware

A programme or device that monitors and regulates traffic between two points, such as a single computer and the network server, or one server to another.