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This glossary contains many of the terms you will find throughout the SpywareRemove.com website.
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OS (operating system)
It is the most important program that operates on a computer. Every usual computer must be equipped with the operating system in order to launch other programs. OS carries out basic tasks as recognizing keyboard input, activating display screen, tracking down files and directories on the disk, controlling auxiliary devices such as printers, modem, and storage system. Examples of operating systems are DOS, Windows, Sun/OS, Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, PalmOS, and MacOS.
OS identification
A series of algorithms which identify the remote host’s operating system, architecture, platform, or type of device. OS identification also involves TCP/IP stack fingerprinting, application-layer protocol tests. See also Vulnerability Assessment.
overwriting virus
A malicious software that destroys old files and overwrites them with its own viral code. It is impossible to recover the original data from such a file, unless to retrieve files from backups.
