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  2. Code injection - Wikipedia

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    Code injection is a computer security exploit where a program fails to correctly process external data, such as user input, causing it to interpret the data as executable commands. An attacker using this method "injects" code into the program while it is running.

  3. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 27 February 2025. Computer program that modifies other programs to replicate itself and spread Hex dump of the Brain virus, generally regarded as the first computer virus for the IBM Personal Computer (IBM PC) and compatibles A computer virus is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by ...

  4. Metamorphic code - Wikipedia

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    Metamorphic code can also mean that a virus is capable of infecting executables from two or more different operating systems (such as Windows and Linux) or even different computer architectures. Often, the virus does this by carrying several viruses within itself. The beginning of the virus is then coded so that it translates to correct machine ...

  5. Source code virus - Wikipedia

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    Source code viruses are a subset of computer viruses that make modifications to source code located on an infected machine. A source file can be overwritten such that it includes a call to some malicious code. By targeting a generic programming language, such as C, source code viruses can be very portable. Source code viruses are rare, partly ...

  6. Python (programming language) - Wikipedia

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    The faster Julia source code can then be used from Python, or compiled to machine code, and based that way. Nuitka compiles Python into C. [ 164 ] It works with Python 3.4 to 3.12 (and 2.6 and 2.7), for Python's main supported platforms (and Windows 7 or even Windows XP) and for Android.

  7. Anaconda (Python distribution) - Wikipedia

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    Anaconda is an open source [9] [10] data science and artificial intelligence distribution platform for Python and R programming languages. Developed by Anaconda, Inc., [11] an American company [1] founded in 2012, [11] the platform is used to develop and manage data science and AI projects. [9] In 2024, Anaconda Inc. has about 300 employees [12 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Payload (computing) - Wikipedia

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    In computer security, the payload is the part of the private user text which could also contain malware such as worms or viruses which performs the malicious action; deleting data, sending spam or encrypting data. [5] In addition to the payload, such malware also typically has overhead code aimed at simply spreading itself, or avoiding detection.