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Security Glossary

A B C E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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#1: ActiveX

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#2: Adware

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#3: Algorithm

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#4: Anti-antivirus virus

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#5: Anti-virus software

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#6: Anti-virus virus

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#7: Applet

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#8: Armored virus

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#9: ASCII

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#10: ASCII files

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#11: Attack

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#12: Attributes

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#13: Back door

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#14: Back orifice

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#15: Background scanning

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#16: Background task

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#17: Backup

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#18: Batch files

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#19: Bayesian filter

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#20: Bimodal virus

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#21: BIOS

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#22: Blog

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#23: Boot

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#24: Boot record

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#25: Boot sector

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#26: Boot sector infector

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#27: Bot network

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#28: Browser hijacker

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#29: Brute-force attack

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#30: BSI

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#31: Bug

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#32: Cavity virus

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#33: Checksum

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#34: Clean

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#35: Cluster virus

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#36: Cold boot

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#37: COM file

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#38: Companion virus

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#39: Compromise

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#40: Cookie

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#41: Crimeware

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#42: Cyber criminals

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#43: Cyber gangs

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#44: Default password

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#45: Denial of service (DoS)

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#46: Dialer

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#47: Direct action virus

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#48: Disinfection

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#49: DNS

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#50: DOC file

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#51: DOS

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#52: Dropper

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#53: EICAR

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#54: EICAR Standard Anti-Virus Test File

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#55: Encrypted virus

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#56: Encryption

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#57: EXE file

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#58: False negative

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#59: False positive

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#60: Fast infector

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#61: FAT

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#62: FDISK/MBR

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#63: File viruses

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#64: Firewall

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#65: Fram

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#66: Good times

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#67: Hacker

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#68: Heuristic analysis

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#69: Hijacking

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#70: Hole

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#71: Host

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#72: In the wild (ITW)

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#73: Infection

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#74: Injector

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#75: JavaScript

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#76: Joke programs

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#77: Key

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#78: Keylogger

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#79: Library file

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#80: Logic bomb

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#81: Macro

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#82: Macro virus

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#83: Mail bomb

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#84: Malicious code

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#85: Malware

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#86: Mapped drives

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#87: Master boot record

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#88: Master boot sector

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#89: Master boot sector virus

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#90: MBR

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#91: Memory-resident virus

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#92: MP3 File

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#93: MS-DOS

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#94: Multipartite virus

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#95: Mutant

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#96: Mutating virus

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#97: Newsgroup

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#98: Not in the wild

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#99: NTFS

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#100: On-access scanner

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#101: On-demand scanner

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#102: Operating system

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#103: Overwriting virus

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#104: Password attacks

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#105: Password Sniffing

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#106: Payload

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#107: Peer-to-peer (P2P) networking

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#108: PGP

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#109: Pharming

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#110: Phishing

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#111: Piggyback

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#112: Polymorphic virus

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#113: Program infector

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#114: Ransomware

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#115: Real-time scanner

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#116: Redirect

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#117: Rename

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#118: Replication

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#119: Reset

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#120: Resident extension

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#121: Resident virus

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#122: Rogue program

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#123: RTF file

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#124: Scanner

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#125: Sector viruses

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#126: Self-encrypting virus

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#127: Self-extracting files

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#128: Self-garbling Viruses

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#129: Shared Drive

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#130: Shareware

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#131: Signature

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#132: Slow infector

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#133: SMTP

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#134: Sniffer

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#135: Spam

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#136: Spam Filter

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#137: Sparse Infector

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#138: Spim

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#139: Spoofed web site

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#140: Spyware

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#141: Stealth virus

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#142: String

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#143: System boot record

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#144: Template

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#145: Time bomb

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#146: Timestamp

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#147: TOM

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#148: Triggered event

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#149: Trojan horse

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#150: TSR

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#151: Tunneling

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#152: UNC

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#153: Vaccination

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#154: Variant

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#155: VBS

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#156: Virus

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#157: Virus Hoaxes

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#158: Warm Boot

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#159: Windows Scripting

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#160: Worm

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#161: ZIP File

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#162: Zombie

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#163: Zoo

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#164: Zoo Virus

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