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

A malicious application that is unable to spread of its own accord. Historically, the term has been used to refer to applications that appear legitimate and useful, but perform malicious and illicit ...

Stealth

Software; Malware

A method of hiding the presence of a threat, file or process. One form of stealth involves redirecting requests or attempts to view malicious files or code to an otherwise innocent location in a file ...

Spoofing

Software; Malware

A vulnerability in which a user is able to mimic another user or system; for websites, this term pertains to when a website copies the same look and feel of another in order to trick users into ...

Spyware

Software; Malware

A programme that collects information, such as browsing behavior, and uses it without adequate user consent.

Spoofer

Software; Malware

A spoofer is a trojan that attempts to create fake email headers and other protocols that can be spoofed.

Mutual exclusion object (mutex)

Software; Malware

A programming object that may be created by malware to signify that it is currently running in the computer. This can be used as an infection 'marker' in order to prevent multiple instances of the ...

NTFS file system

Software; Malware

An advanced file system designed for use specifically with the Windows NT operating system. It supports long file names, full security access control, file system recovery, extremely large storage ...