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2. Scareware - Wikipedia

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   Scareware. Dialog from SpySheriff, designed to scare users into installing the rogue software. Scareware is a form of malware which uses social engineering to cause shock, anxiety, or the perception of a threat in order to manipulate users into buying unwanted software [1] (or products). Scareware is part of a class of malicious software that ...

3. Comparison of computer viruses - Wikipedia

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   Due to a bug in the virus code, the virus fails to erase CMOS information as intended. ARCV-n: DOS 1992-10/1992-11 England, United Kingdom ARCV Group ARCV-n is a term for a large family of viruses written by the ARCV group. Alureon TDL-4, TDL-1, TDL-2, TDL-3, TDL-TDSS Windows Botnet: 2007 Estonia: JD virus Autostart Autostart.A—D Classic Mac ...

4. Exploit (computer security) - Wikipedia

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   An exploit (from the English verb to exploit, meaning "to use something to one’s own advantage") is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or a sequence of commands that takes advantage of a bug or vulnerability to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic (usually computerized).

5. The Many Faces of Malware - AOL

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   Scareware: Claims your computer has a virus, then “scares” you to pay for fake antivirus software to remove it. Keylogging and screen scraping: Secretly records every keystroke and/or your ...

6. 'Scareware' Ring That Unleashed Fake Antivirus Tools to Pay Up

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   Two people involved with an international cybercrime operation that raked in millions with 'scareware' -- computer programs that pop up with fake warnings of badware infection, then bully users ...

7. Rogue security software - Wikipedia

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   Rogue security software. Rogue security software is a form of malicious software and internet fraud that misleads users into believing there is a virus on their computer and aims to convince them to pay for a fake malware removal tool that actually installs malware on their computer. [1] It is a form of scareware that manipulates users through ...

8. Hardware Trojan - Wikipedia

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   A Hardware Trojan ( HT) is a malicious modification of the circuitry of an integrated circuit. A hardware Trojan is completely characterized by its physical representation and its behavior. The payload of an HT is the entire activity that the Trojan executes when it is triggered. In general, Trojans try to bypass or disable the security fence ...

9. Malware - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Malware (a portmanteau of malicious software) [1] is any software intentionally designed to cause disruption to a computer, server, client, or computer network, leak private information, gain unauthorized access to information or systems, deprive access to information, or which unknowingly interferes with the user's computer security and ...