Download 2. Installing Dr.Web Security Space

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Appendices
DelWin – deletes files vital for the operation of Windows OS
FormatC – formats drive C
FormatAll – formats all drives
KillMBR – corrupts or deletes master boot records (MBR)
KillCMOS – corrupts or deletes CMOS memory
Tools for network attacks
Nuke – tools for attacking certain known vulnerabilities of
operating systems leading to abnormal shutdowns of the
attacked system
DDoS – agent program for performing a DDoS-attack
(Distributed Denial Of Service)
FDoS (synonym: Flooder) – programs for performing malicious
actions in the Internet which use the idea of DDoS-attacks; in
contrast to DDoS, when several agents on different computers
are used simultaneously to attack one victim system, an FDoSprogram operates as an independent "self-sufficient" program
(Flooder Denial of Service)
Malicious programs
Adware – an advertising program
Dialer – a dialer program (redirecting modem calls to
predefined paid numbers or paid resources)
Joke – a joke program
Program – a potentially dangerous program (riskware)
Tool – a program used for hacking (hacktool)
Miscellaneous
Generic – this prefix is used after another prefix describing the
environment or the development method to name a typical
representative of this type of viruses. Such virus does not
possess any characteristic features (such as text strings,
special effects, etc.) which could be used to assign it some
specific name.
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