Virus Glossary

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	AdvWare	Anti-virus engine	Archive bomb
	Adware	Anti-virus update	Archive file
	AIM [AOL Instant Messenger]	Anti-virus upgrade	ASCII [American Standard Code for Information Interchange]
	Anti-virus databases	API [Application Program Interface]	Attack signature
B
	Backdoor Trojans	Blended threat	Broadband
	Bandwidth	Bluetooth	Browser Helper Object
	Batch file	Boot	Browser Hijacker
	Behavioral analysis	Boot disk	Bug
	Binary code	Boot sector	Byte
	BIOS	Boot sector virus
	Bit	Bridge
C
	Cache	Command Line Prompt	Computer virus
	CARO [Computer Anti-Virus Research Organization]	Command Prompt	Computer worm
	Classic virus	Companion virus	Cookie
	CLI [Command Line Interface]	Compound threat
	Command line	Compressed file
D
	DDoS [Distributed Denial of Service] attack	DNS cache poisoning, Pharming	DoS [Denial of Service] attack
	DHA [Directory Harvest Attack]	DNS poisoning	Download
	Dial-up connection	DNS [Domain Name System] server	DSL
	Disassembler	Domain name
	Disk sector	DOS prompt
E
	E-mail	Encryption	Executable files
	EICAR [European Institute for Computer Anti-Virus Research]	EXE files	Exploit
	Email worm	Executable file
F
	False alarm	FAT [File Allocation Table]	Format
	False negative	File virus	FTP [File Transfer Protocol]
	False positive	Firewall
G
	Gateway	Generic detection	Gigabyte
H
	Hardware	Hoax	Hotel
	Heuristic analysis	Hosts file	HTML [Hypertext Markup Language]
	Hexadecimal	Hot spot	HTTP [Hypertext Transfer Protocol]
I
	ICQ	Internet	IPS [Intrusion Prevention Systems]
	IDS [Intrusion Detection Systems]	Internet worm	IRC [Internet Relay Chat]
	IM [Instant Messaging]	Intrusion detection	ISP [Internet Service Provider]
	IMAP [Internet Message Access Protocol]	IP address
J
	JavaScript	Joke program
K
	Kernel	Keylogger	Kilobyte
	Key	Keystroke logger
L
	Link virus
M
	Macro virus	Malware	Modem
	Maintenance pack	Malware-related programs	MS-DOS
	Malicious code	MBR [Master Boot Record]	MSN Messenger
	Malicious program	Megabyte	Multipartite
	Malicious software	Memory
N
	Network	Network worm	NTFS [New Technology File System]
O
	Object code	Operating system
	Open source software	Overwriting virus
P
	P2P	PDA [Personal Digital Assistant]	Port
	Packed file	PE EXE files	Port scanning
	Packet	Peer-to-peer	Potentially hostile programs
	Partition	Personal Firewall	Program
	Partition sector	Phishing	Proxy server
	Password-stealing Trojans	Polymorphism	PSW Trojans
	Patch	POP3 [Post Office Protocol 3]
	Payload	Pornware
R
	RAM [Random Access memory]	Riskware	Router
	Registry key	Rootkit
S
	SDK [Software Development Kit]	Social engineering	System disk
	Sector	Software	System files
	Service pack	Source code	System registry
	Shell	Spyware	System registry key
	Smartphone	Stealth
	SMTP [Simple Mail Transfer Protocol]	Stealth virus
T
	TCP/IP port	Trojan Clickers	Trojan Notifiers
	TCP/IP [Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol]	Trojan Downloaders	Trojan Proxies
	Terabyte	Trojan Droppers	Trojan Spies
	Trojan	Trojan horse
U
	UDP [User Datagram Protocol]	Unix	URL [Universal Resource Locator]
	Unicode	Upload	USB [Universal Serial Bus]
V
	Variant	Virus definition	VPN [Virtual Private Network]
	VBS [Visual Basic Script]	Virus signature	Vulnerability
	Virus	VoIP [Voice over IP]
W
	War chalking	WildList	World Wide Web
	War driving	Windows registry	Worm
	Web browser	Wireless access point
	WiFi	Wireless network
X
	xx-bit processor
Z
	Zero-day exploit	Zoo