Malware Malware The 2005 Sony CD copy protection controversy is a public controversy relating to copy protection software known as Extended Copy Protection (XCP), created by First 4 Internet and used by the media company Sony BMG Music Entertainment (frequently referred to as "Sony", though that more accurately refers to the corporate parent of one of the partners in Sony BMG) on audio CDs. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 Sony CD copy protection controversy"
Agobot, also frequently known as Gaobot, is a family of computer worms that infects the Microsoft Windows operating system, though there also exists a Linux port of the bot. Because development was a team based effort and because the bot was to be modified by the community through its modular design, the authors of this family chose to make Agobot open source. New versions, or variants, of the worm appeared so rapidly that the Agobot family quickly grew larger than other bot families. It is now known that Agobot numbers several thousand detected variants in size. ...more on Wikipedia about "Agobot (computer worm)"
Anti-virus software consists of computer programs that attempt to identify, thwart and eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software ( malware). ...more on Wikipedia about "Anti-virus software"
Back Orifice (often shortened to BO) is a controversial computer program designed for remote system administration. It enables a user to control a computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system from a remote location. The name is a pun on Microsoft BackOffice Server software. ...more on Wikipedia about "Back Orifice"
A backdoor in a computer system (or cryptosystem or algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication or securing remote access to a computer, while attempting to remain hidden from casual inspection. The backdoor may take the form of an installed program (e.g., Back Orifice) or could be a modification to a legitimate program. ...more on Wikipedia about "Backdoor"
Bifrose is a backdoor trojan horse family of more than 30 variants which can infect Windows 95 through XP. Bifrose uses the typical server, server editor, and client backdoor program configuration to allow a remote attacker, who uses client) to execute arbitrary code on the compromised machine (which runs the server whose behavior can be controlled by the server editor). ...more on Wikipedia about "Bifrose (trojan horse)"
A blended threat is a malware that is made up of a combination of different malware components, such as, a worm, a trojan horse and a keylogger. ...more on Wikipedia about "Blended threat"
Code injection is a technique to introduce arbitrary code into a running computer process. This can be done either locally or remotely through the web. Locally means that an application writes arbitrary code into another application's address space; when run, it appears as if the host application is responsible. ...more on Wikipedia about "Code injection"
A computer worm is a self-replicating computer program, similar to a computer virus. A virus attaches itself to, and becomes part of, another executable program; however, a worm is self-contained and does not need to be part of another program to propagate itself. They are often designed to exploit the file transmission capabilities found on many computers. The main difference between a computer virus and a worm is that a virus can not propagate by itself whereas worms can. A worm uses a network to send copies of itself to other systems and it does so without any intervention. In general, worms harm the network and consume bandwidth, whereas viruses infect or corrupt files on a targeted computer. Viruses generally do not affect network performance, as their malicious activities are mostly confined within the target computer itself. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computer worm"
Devnull is the name of a computer worm for the Linux operating system which has been named after /dev/null, Unix's null device. This worm was found on 30 September 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Devnull"
A dialer (or dialler) is a computer program which creates a connection to the Internet or another computer network over the analog telephone or ISDN network. Many operating systems already contain such a program for connections through the Point-to-Point-Protocol (PPP). ...more on Wikipedia about "Dialer"
In computing, Download.ject (also known as Toofer and Scob) is a malware program for Microsoft Windows servers. When installed on an insecure website running on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), it appends malicious JavaScript to all pages served by the site. ...more on Wikipedia about "Download.ject"
A dropper is a program that has been designed or modified to "install" a virus onto the target system. The virus code is usually contained in a dropper in such a way that it won't be detected by virus scanners that normally detect that virus. While quite uncommon, a few droppers have been discovered. A dropper is effectively a Trojan horse whose payload is installing a virus infection. A dropper which installs a virus only in memory is sometimes called an "injector". ...more on Wikipedia about "Dropper"
Dial/DyFuCA-A is a porn- dialer program, a form of malware. Each time the dialler is run, it tries to connect to a pornographic website. When first run, the dialler installs itself to \Program Files\DyFuCA\ and may add the pathname of its executable to the following registry entry so that the dialler is run automatically each time Windows is started: ...more on Wikipedia about "Dyfuca"
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eTomi (also 360share) is the name of two P2P applications and possibly a company. On the P2P scene it's frequently regarded as a scam. ...more on Wikipedia about "ETomi"
(Extended Copy Protection) :XCP redirects here. For other uses, see XCP (disambiguation). ...more on Wikipedia about "Extended Copy Protection"
The fork bomb is a form of denial of service attack against a computer system that uses the fork function. It relies on the assumption that the number of programs and processes which may be simultaneously executed on a computer has a limit. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fork bomb"
Keystroke logging (often called keylogging) is a diagnostic used in software development that captures the user's keystrokes. It can be useful to determine sources of error in computer systems. Such systems are also highly useful for law enforcement and espionage—for instance, providing a means to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypassing other security measures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Keystroke logging"
(List of computer virus hoaxes) * 3b Trojan ...more on Wikipedia about "List of computer virus hoaxes"
To aid the fight against viruses and other malware many security advisory organizations ...more on Wikipedia about "List of computer viruses"
(List of computer worms) == See also == ...more on Wikipedia about "List of computer worms"
This is a list of trojan horses. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of trojan horses"
:This article is about Logic bombs, a type of malicious software code. For the psychedelic trance group, see Logic Bomb (band) ...more on Wikipedia about "Logic bomb"
Malware (a portmanteau of "malicious software") is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system, without the owner's consent. The term describes the intent of the creator, rather than any particular features. Malware is commonly taken to include computer viruses, Trojan horses, and spyware. In law, malware is sometimes known as a computer contaminant, for instance in the legal codes of California, Virginia, and several other U.S. states ** . Malware is sometimes pejoratively called scumware. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malware"
A malware scanner is a program, akin to virus scanners, which detects malicious software in a computer's RAM or hard drive. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malware scanner"
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