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2. Antivirus software - Wikipedia

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   Antivirus software (abbreviated to AV software), also known as anti-malware, is a computer program used to prevent, detect, and remove malware. Antivirus software was originally developed to detect and remove computer viruses , hence the name.

3. Computer virus - Wikipedia

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   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[1] is a type of malware that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code into those programs. [2][3] If this replication succeeds, the affected ...

4. Malware analysis - Wikipedia

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   Malware analysis. Malware analysis is the study or process of determining the functionality, origin and potential impact of a given malware sample such as a virus, worm, trojan horse, rootkit, or backdoor. [1] Malware or malicious software is any computer software intended to harm the host operating system or to steal sensitive data from users ...

5. Malware - Wikipedia

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   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 privacy.

6. Heuristic analysis - Wikipedia

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   Heuristic analysis is a method employed by many computer antivirus programs designed to detect previously unknown computer viruses, as well as new variants of viruses already in the "wild". [ 1 ] Heuristic analysis is an expert based analysis that determines the susceptibility of a system towards particular threat/risk using various decision ...

7. EICAR test file - Wikipedia

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   The EICAR Anti-Virus Test File[1] or EICAR test file is a computer file that was developed by the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research (EICAR) and Computer Antivirus Research Organization (CARO) to test the response of computer antivirus (AV) programs. [2] Instead of using real malware, which could cause real damage, this test ...