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Phrases used by the tech savvy to mean that a problem is caused entirely by the fault of the user include PEBKAC [8] (an acronym for "problem exists between keyboard and chair"), PEBCAK [9] (an alternative, but similar, acronym for "problem exists between chair and keyboard"), POBCAK (a US government/military acronym for "problem occurs between ...
A common motivation for the creation of unofficial patches is missing technical support by the original software developer or provider. Reasons may include: the software product reached its defined end-of-life [1] and/or was superseded by a successor product (planned obsolescence) [2]
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Hearthfire: Genre: Action role-playing; Publisher: Bethesda Softworks; Release dates: PlayStation 3: February 19, 2013; PlayStation 4: November 21, 2016; Windows: October 5, 2012; Xbox 360: September 4, 2012; Windows Xbox 360 PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Dragonborn [26]
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 ...
Metamorphic code is used by computer viruses to avoid the pattern recognition of anti-virus software. Metamorphic viruses often translate their own binary code into a temporary representation, editing the temporary representation of themselves and then translate the edited form back to machine code again. [1]
Sality is a family of polymorphic file infectors, which target Windows executable files with the extensions .EXE or .SCR. [1] Sality utilizes polymorphic and entry-point obscuring (EPO) techniques to infect files using the following methods: not changing the entry point address of the host, and replacing the original host code at the entry point of the executable with a variable stub to ...
The test string was written by noted anti-virus researchers Padgett Peterson and Paul Ducklin and engineered to consist of ASCII human-readable characters, easily created using a standard computer keyboard. [7] It makes use of self-modifying code to work around technical issues that this constraint imposes on the execution of the test string. [8]
The first known virus using oligomorphic code was the Whale DOS virus, identified in 1990, which chose from a few dozen distinct decryptors. The first Windows 95 virus using oligomorphic code was the Memorial virus, which could generate 96 distinct decryptor patterns. Another example is the Russian virus family WordSwap. [1]