Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,901,681,578 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

malware
(redirected from Hostile code)

   Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus, Wikipedia 0.01 sec.
malware
(MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See security suite, malvertising, crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan.


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
But a researcher in Italy claims he has found a valid way to run hostile code on the Mac OS X.
Lateral SQL injection creates a means for hackers to access database data or inject hostile code onto vulnerable systems.
Malicious script writers and unscrupulous website operators were taking advantage of this situation and successfully exploited their visitors' lax security settings to run hostile codes that compromised computers and gave rise to the epidemic of computer viruses spreading across the Net.
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.