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PestPatrol was an anti-malware product, designed to protect a computer system against threats such as adware, spyware and viruses. It performed automated scans of a system's hard disks, Windows registry and other crucial system areas, and enabled manual scans for specific threats, selected from a very long list of known malicious software. [3]
A potentially unwanted program ( PUP) or potentially unwanted application ( PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the computer's security.
This timeline of computer viruses and wormspresents a chronological timeline of noteworthy computer viruses, computer worms, Trojan horses, similar malware, related research and events. 1960s. [edit] John von Neumann's article on the "Theory of self-reproducing automata" is published in 1966.[1] The article is based on lectures given by von ...
You may receive the message "We have found a virus on your attachment...Send your email again...ML0021" because the AOL email virus scan detected a virus on the file you’re attempting to send as an attachment. Once a file has been rejected by the AOL email service as containing a virus, it can’t be sent even if the virus is cleaned by a ...
OpenCandy was an adware module and a potentially unwanted program classified as malware by many anti-virus vendors. [1] [2] [3] [4] They flagged OpenCandy due to its ...
Tiny Banker Trojan, also called Tinba, is a malware program that targets financial institution websites. It is a modified form of an older form of viruses known as Banker Trojans, yet it is much smaller in size and more powerful. It works by establishing man-in-the-browser attacks and network sniffing. Since its discovery, it has been found to ...
Malvertising. Malvertising (a portmanteau of "malicious software (malware) advertising") is the use of online advertising to spread malware. [ 1] It typically involves injecting malicious or malware-laden advertisements into legitimate online advertising networks and webpages. [ 2] Because advertising content can be inserted into high-profile ...
Laura J. Nelson. June 1, 2024 at 4:51 PM. A biologist examines a mosquito in Utah after health officials confirmed a human death from West Nile virus. (Associated Press) Los Angeles County has ...