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Record 1 1994-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
CONT

For the purpose of infiltrating the system, a program is deliberately infected with a virus. This intentional infection is necessary to prevent an error message from occurring when the carrier program is started.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
CONT

Il est arrivé que des programmes vendus comme désinfectants se soient eux-mêmes révélés porteurs de virus.

DEF

Logiciel infecté par un virus, une bombe logique ou cheval de Troie, ou autre programme pirate.

Spanish

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