Malicious software

Abstract

Today, during the epoch of informatics and human progress, there is a big interest for malware programs as well as for the programs used for protection against them. Malware is each program which has ability for moving into someone's computer system with intention to disable, or at least make difficult, work of this independent or network user. Natural residence of malware is Internet. It is impossible to give precise taxonomy of malware because their number is increased each day. The term computer virus is often wrongly used as universal phrase for all malware, including and real viruses.

Danas, u informatičkoj epohi razvoja ljudskog društva, postoji veliki interes za proučavanje zlonamernog programa (malware) i odgovarajućih programa za zaštitu od njega. Zlonamerni ili nepoželjni program je svaki koji poseduje sposobnost useljavanja u računarski sistem korisnika u nameri da na bilo koji način oteža pa i onemogući rad samostalnog ili umreženog korisnika, pri čemu je prirodno stanište nepoželjnog programa Internet. Precizna taksonomija neopoželjnih programa je onemogućena pre svega njihovim svakodnevnim uvećavanjem. Pri tome se, često pogrešno, termin kompjuterski virus upotrebljava kao sveobuhvatna fraza koja podrazumeva sve nepoželjne programe uključujući i prave viruse.