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Computer Virus

Computer viruses and antivirus programs glossary.

Topics Computing Security

Terms listing

B

BAT files Batch files BBS (Bulletin Board System)BIOS (Basic Input / Output System)Bit Boot / Master Boot Record (MBR)Boot Virus Browser Buffer Bug Bus Byte

E

EICAR ELF -files- (Executable and Linking Format)Emergency Disk / Rescue disk Encryption / Self-encryption EPO (Entry Point Obscuring)Exceptions Exploit Extension

F

Family / Group FAT (File Allocation Table)File / Document Firewall FireWire First Appeared on Flooding Format Freeware FTP (File Transfer Protocol)

G

Gateway GDI (Graphics Device Interface)Groupware

H

Hacker Hacking tool Hardware Header (of a file)Heuristic scan Hoax Host HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol)

J

Java Java Applets JavaScript Joke

K

Kernel Keylogger

L

LAN (Local Area Network)Link / Hyperlink Link virus Logic bomb Loop

N

Network Newsgroup Nuke (attack)Nuker

O

OLE (Object Linking and Embedding)Online Registration Operating system (OS)Overwrite

Q

Quick Launch bar

R

RAM (Random Access Memory)Recycle bin Redirect Remote control Rename Replica Resident / Resident virus Restart ROM (Read Only Memory)Root directory Routine

T

Task list Technical name Template / Global template Threat level Title bar Track Trigger Trojan TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident)Tunneling

U

Updates UPX URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

V

Vacination Variant Virus Virus Signature File Volume Vulnerability

X

XOR (OR Exclusive)

Z

Zip Zoo (virus)

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