Glossary of Data Communications Terms

Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.

Term: malicious software
Definition: any software, such as a virus, worm, logic bomb, bacterium, rabbit, rogue, time bomb, Trojan Horse or something else, that has the unauthorized capacity to modify or erase data or software and/or to reproduce itself in an unauthorized manner.

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