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| A software program that delivers advertising content in a manner that is unexpected and unwanted by the user. |
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| Basic Input Output System (BIOS) |
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| A coded program embedded on a processor chip that recognizes and controls different devices on the computer system. |
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| A virus that infects the Master Boor Record ~MBR) of a hard disk drive. |
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| An attacker who controls several botnets. |
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| A group of zombie computers that are under the control of an attacker. |
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| The coverage areas for cellular communications. |
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| Cellular telephones (cell phones) |
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| Portable communications devices that function in a manner unlike wired telephones. |
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| Internet Relay Chat (IRC) discussion forums. |
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| A virus that adds a program to the operating system that is a copycat companion to a legitimate program. |
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| EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory) |
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| Non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and rewritten repeatedly. |
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| A virus that infects program executable files with an .EXE or .COM file extension. |
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| A type of non-volatile computer memory that can be electrically erased and rewritten repeatedly. |
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| The process for rewriting the contents of the BIOS. |
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| Spam that uses speckling and different colors so that no two spam e.-ma its appear to be the same. |
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| Spam that is divided into multiple images but still create a legible message. |
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| A foreign virtual operating system. |
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| The native operating system to the hardware. |
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| Software that runs on a physical computer and manages one or more virtual machine operating systems. |
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| Spam that uses graphical images of text in order to circumvent text-based spam filters. |
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| A method of online communication like e-mail except that it is conducted instantaneously in real time, |
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| Internet Relay Chat (IRC) |
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| An open communication protocol that is used for real-time chatting~ with other IRC users over the Internet. Also used to remotely control zombie computers in a botnet. |
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| A small hardware device or a program that monitors each keystroke a user types on the computers keyboard. |
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| Technology that enables a virtual machine to be moved to a different physical computer with no impact to the users. |
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| Balancing processing load among several servers; moving a virtual machine to another physical server with more RAM or CPU resources. |
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| A computer program or a part of a program that lies dormant until it is triggered by a specific logical event. |
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| A series of commands and instructions that can be grouped together as a single command. |
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| A virus written in a scripting language. |
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| Malicious software that enters a computer system without the owners knowledge or consent. |
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| An area on a hard disk drive that contains the program necessary for the computer to start up and a description of how the hard drive is organized. |
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| A virus that alters how it appears in order to avoid detection. |
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| mobile telecommunications switching office (MTSO) |
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| The link between the cellular network and the wired telephone world that controls all of the transmitters and base stations in the cellular network. |
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| Network Attached Storage (NAS) |
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| A single dedicated hard disk-based file storage device that provides centralized and consolidated disk storage that is available to LAN users through a standard network connection. |
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| Operating system virtualization |
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| A virtualized environment in which an entire operating system environment is simulated. |
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| a table on the hard drive that describes how the hard drive is organized. |
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| A virus that changes how it appears and also encrypts its contents differently each time. |
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| The act of exploiting a vulnerability in the software to gain access to resources that the user would normally be restricted from obtaining. |
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| PROM (Programmable Read Only Memory) |
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| A chip with which the contents can be rewritten to provide new functionality. |
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| A chip that cannot be reprogrammed. |
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| Devices, such as USB flash drives, that can store data from a computer and then be disconnected. |
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| A virus that is loaded into random access memory and can interrupt almost any function executed by the computer operating system and alter it. |
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| A set of software tools used by an intruder to break into a computer, obtain special privileges to perform unauthorized functions, and then hide all traces of its existence. |
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| Creating and managing multiple server operating systems. Spam Unsolicited e-mail. |
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| A general term used to describe software that violates a users personal security. |
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| Storage Area Network (SAN) |
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| A specialized high-speed network for attaching servers to storage devices. |
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| A program advertised as performing one activity but actually does something else, or it may perform both the advertised and malicious activities. |
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| A self-contained software environment. |
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| A means of managing and presenting computer resources by function without regard to their physical layout or location. |
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| A program that secretly attaches itself to a legitimate carrier. such as a document or program. and then executes when that document is open or the program is launched. |
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| Spam that horizontally separates words so that they can still be read by the human eye. |
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| A program that is designed to take advantage of vulnerability in an application or an operating system in order to enter a system. |
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| Computer under the control of an attacker. |
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