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Viruses, Worms and Other Malware
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Bugbear
08 Oct 2002
WORD - Bugbear is a computer virus that spread in early October, 2002, infecting thousands of home and business computers. It is similar to an earlier virus, Klez, in terms of its invasion approach and rapid proliferation. Bugbear ...
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Klez
05 Dec 2002
WORD - Klez (pronounced KLEHZ) is an Internet worm that launches automatically when a user previews or reads an e-mail message containing Klez on a system that has not been patched for a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer ...
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logic bomb
06 Apr 2002
WORD - In a computer program, a logic bomb, also called slag code, is programming code, inserted surreptitiously or intentionally, that is designed to execute (or "explode") under circumstances such as the lapse of a certain amount ...
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cyberterrorism
23 Aug 2002
WORD - According to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, cyberterrorism is any "premeditated, politically motivated attack against
information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which results in violence against ...
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Nimda
20 Sep 2001
WORD - First appearing on September 18, 2001, Nimda is a computer virus that caused traffic slowdowns as it rippled across the Internet, spreading through four different methods, infecting computers containing Microsoft's Web ...
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malware
24 Sep 2003
WORD - Malware (for "malicious software") is any program or file that is harmful to a computer user. Thus, malware includes computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and also spyware, programming that gathers information about a ...
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Antigen
09 Nov 2001
WORD - 1) Sybari's Antigen is antivirus software for Lotus Domino and Microsoft Exchange.
2) AntiGen (with a capital G) is freeware developed by Fresh Software to detect the presence of Back Orifice on a machine running ...
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Malicious Computer Code: Glossary
23 Jun 2001
WORD - Words-to-Go is a collection of related terms. We find it helpful to read through several terms that are connected in some way to get a sense of how one term relates to another. You can print out the Words-to-Go and take them ...
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exploit
20 May 2001
WORD - In computing, an exploit is an attack on a computer system, especially one that takes advantage of a particular vulnerability that the system offers to intruders. Used as a verb, the term refers to the act of successfully ...
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stealth
15 Apr 2001
WORD - In computing, stealth refers to an event, object, or file that evades methodical attempts to find it. In particular, the term applies to certain computer viruses, and to a state of affairs in which a computer or port is ...
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