Trend Micro Security definitions (A) changes — 20240426_rev01

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- ActiveX controls are components that add dynamic and interactive features to Web pages. With ActiveX tools, multimedia effects, animation, a nd functional applications can be added to Web sites.

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- Alteration of a browser's address bar to display a legitimate address. This is done by running a script that removes the browser's address bar and replaces it with a fake one, which is made up of text or images.

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- Address bar spoofing is a technique which makes a malicious URL appear like a legitimate one. Earlier observations of pop-up address bar spoofing on Internet Explorer® showed that the address bar was padded with special characters to show only a port

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- Alteration of a browser's address bar to display a legitimate address. This is done by running a script that removes the browser's address bar and replaces it with a fake one, which is made up of text or images.

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- The term adware is short for "advertising-supported software." It refers to any piece of software or application that displays advertisements, usually through pop-up or pop-under windows.

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- Different vendors often have their own approaches towards malware detection, which may result in different naming conventions. Aliases are other names used to refer to the same threat.

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- App stores are sites where users browse, download, and buy computing programs or "apps", mostly for mobile devices.

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 - ActiveX controls are components that add dynamic and interactive features to Web pages. With ActiveX tools, multimedia effects, animation, a nd functional applications can be added to Web sites.
+- Alteration of a browser's address bar to display a legitimate address. This is done by running a script that removes the browser's address bar and replaces it with a fake one, which is made up of text or images.
 - Address bar spoofing is a technique which makes a malicious URL appear like a legitimate one. Earlier observations of pop-up address bar spoofing on Internet Explorer® showed that the address bar was padded with special characters to show only a port
+- Alteration of a browser's address bar to display a legitimate address. This is done by running a script that removes the browser's address bar and replaces it with a fake one, which is made up of text or images.
 - The term adware is short for "advertising-supported software." It refers to any piece of software or application that displays advertisements, usually through pop-up or pop-under windows.
 - Different vendors often have their own approaches towards malware detection, which may result in different naming conventions. Aliases are other names used to refer to the same threat.
 - App stores are sites where users browse, download, and buy computing programs or "apps", mostly for mobile devices.

Security definitions (A)

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