November 28, 2009

payload trigger

Last modified: Friday, March 13, 2009 

The action or condition that causes a virus to activate. Some viruses may activate on pre-determined user actions, a certain program activation or even on a set date and time.

Also see The Difference Between a Virus, Worm and Trojan Horse in the Did You Know? section of Webopedia.

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