http://www.viruslist.com/en/ 21 Nov 2009 14:33:57 +0300 http://www.viruslist.com/en/rss/klogo.gif http://www.viruslist.com/en/ Viruses, Hackers These are the most dangerous, and most widespread, type of Trojan. Backdoor Trojans provide the author or ‘master’ of the Trojan with remote ‘administration’ of victim machines. Unlike legitimate remote administration utilities, they install, launch and run invisibly,... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=189208417 19 Jun 2006 14:51:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers A false positive is another way of saying ‘mistake’. As applied to the field of anti-virus programs, a false positive occurs when the program mistakenly flags an innocent file as being infected. This may seem harmless enough, but false positives can be a real nuisance. You waste... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=153654932 19 Oct 2004 09:28:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers A keylogger can be used by a third-party to obtain confidential data (login details, passwords, credit card numbers, PINs, etc.) by intercepting key presses. Backdoor Trojans typically come with a built-in keylogger; and the confidential data is relayed to a remote hacker to be used to make money... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=189276653 06 Dec 2006 19:04:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers ‘Riskware’ is the generic term used by Kaspersky Lab to describe programs that are legitimate in themselves, but that have the potential for misuse by cyber criminals: for example, remote administration utilities. Such programs have always had the potential to be misused, but they now... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=189273809 20 Jun 2006 13:47:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers Viruses are often classified according to the technique they use to infect. A link virus, as the name suggests, does not add its code directly to infected files. Instead, it spreads by manipulating the way files are accessed under the FAT file system. When an infected file is run, the virus goes... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=189261954 20 Jun 2006 09:30:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers Malware (short for malicious software) refers to any program that is deliberately created to perform an unauthorized, often harmful, action. http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=189267896 20 Jun 2006 11:33:00 +0300 Viruses, Spam Programs designed to launch advertisements, often pop-up banners, on host machines and/or to re-direct search engine results to promotional web sites. Adware programs are often built into freeware or shareware programs, where the adware forms an indirect ‘price’ for using the free... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=153599593 17 Oct 2004 22:21:00 +0300 Viruses Nearly all anti-virus programs make use of signature analysis: that is, using a database that contains byte sequences belonging to known viruses, worms, Trojans or other malicious code. As the list of known threats grows, new virus definitions (or signatures) are added to the anti-virus databases.... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=153593704 17 Oct 2004 18:12:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers, Spam Phishing is a form of cyber crime based on social engineering techniques. The name ‘phishing’ is a conscious misspelling of the word 'fishing' and involves stealing confidential data from a user’s computer and subsequently using the data to steal the user’s money. The cyber... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=153653685 19 Oct 2004 08:55:00 +0300 Viruses, Hackers Worms are generally considered to be a subset of viruses, but with key differences. A worm is a computer program that replicates, but does not infect other files: instead, it installs itself on a victim computer and then looks for a way to spread to other computers. From a user’s... http://www.viruslist.com/en/glossary?glossid=189275916 20 Jun 2006 14:39:00 +0300