| GameThief |
| A threat that attempts
to steal vital information from
the user with regards to online
gaming activity and is capable
of connecting to a remote site
to download possible updates of
its application. |
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| Grayware |
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| Grayware refers to applications
that have annoying, undesirable, or undisclosed
behavior but do not fall into any of the major
threat (ie. Virus or Trojan horse) categories.
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| A hacker is a person who creates
and modifies computer software and hardware
for either negative or positive reasons. Criminal
hackers (cybercriminals) create malware in
order to commit crimes. |
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| HackTool is a utility designed
to penetrate remote computers. These types
of malware connect to the remote machines
and use them as zombies without any giving
prior information to the owner. Many hacktools
download malicious programs on the victim
machines. |
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| Heuristics is a scanning method
that looks for malware-like behavior patterns.
It is commonly used to detect new or not-yet-known
malware. |
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| Homepage Hijacker |
| Any software that changes
your browser's home page to some other
site. Hijacks may reroute your info
and address requests through an unseen
site, capturing that info. In such hijacks,
your browser may behave normally, but
be slower. |
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| Hyper-Text Transfer
Protocol (HTTP) |
| Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
(HTTP) is used to transfer information,
such as HTML documents, on the Internet. |
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| Hyper-Text Transfer
Protocol Secure (HTTPS) |
| Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol
Secure (HTTPS) is a variation of HTTP
that uses the Secure Socket Layer to
increase security. |
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