Last modified: Monday, April 05, 2004
Also called a dropper program or a virus dropper, a program that when run will install a virus, Trojan horse or worm onto a hard drive, floppy disk or other memory media. The dropper itself is not a virus – it does not replicate; instead, it’s more like a Trojan horse in that it carries the malicious code with it and is not detected by virus-scanning software because it is not an infected file but carries the code to “drop” a virus into a system. Droppers are uncommon.
	Related Categories Ethics Security Viruses Related Terms multipartite virus polymorphic virus stealth virus Trojan horse virus virus signature worm Shopping dropper Products Compare Products,Prices and Stores Shop by Category: Nutrition 227 Store Offers Personal Care 426 Store Offers Health Aids 100 Store Offers