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. User Manual 190