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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Microsoft word global template

Software; Malware

An add-in that stores macros, AutoText entries, and custom toolbar, menu, and shortcut key settings that you can use while you work with documents based on any template. By default, the Normal ...

Memory resident

Software; Malware

A threat is termed as "memory resident" if it continues to run and the space it occupies in memory is not freed for use by another program. A memory-resident threat persists in memory and usually ...

Non-persistent XSS

Software; Malware

A type of cross-site scripting in which the server does not properly sanitise the browser's rendering of certain characters based on a client's input, and renders it back in the HTTP response.

Network packet

Software; Malware

A unit of data carried over a network; it typically has two parts – control and payload – the former which serves to identify the manner in which the latter is delivered.

Memory reallocation

Software; Malware

A condition in which memory is reused and overwritten before the previous data written into it was used; if the new data is unexpected, this may cause errors in the program.

Monitoring tool

Software; Malware

A programme that monitors activity such as keystrokes, or captures screen images.

A cavity-infecting virus is a virus that infects files by inserting its code into space that does not appear to be used within the targeted host file. In this way, it is able to infect files without ...