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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Malware

In computers, a virus is a programme or programming code that replicates by being copied or initiating its copying to another program, computer boot sector or document. Viruses can be transmitted as ...

Password cracker

Software; Malware

A password cracker is an application programme that is used to identify an unknown or forgotten password to a computer or network resources. It can also be used to help a human cracker obtain ...

Virus hoax

Software; Malware

A virus hoax is a false warning about a computer virus. Typically, the warning arrives in an e-mail note or is distributed through a note in a company's internal network. These notes are usually ...

Port scan

Software; Malware

A port scan is a series of messages sent by someone attempting to break into a computer to learn which computer network services, each associated with a "well-known" port number, the computer ...

Probe

Software; Malware

Relative to computer security in a network, a probe is an attempt to gain access to a computer and its files through a known or probable weak point in the computer system.