drive-through

English translation: drive-by download malware

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English term or phrase:drive-through malware
Selected answer:drive-by download malware
Entered by: Jack Doughty

05:10 Jun 13, 2015
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - IT (Information Technology)
English term or phrase: drive-through
Jim is going to actually click-- go to a bad site.

Just a drive-through malware-type site.

That he is going to be infected with malware.
Ivan Niu
China
Local time: 21:50
drive-by download
Explanation:
I think this is what is more commonly known as a "drive-by download" malware attack.
What's a 'Drive-by-Download' Attack? - Comodo
https://www.comodo.com/resources/home/.../nov.../ask-geekbud...
A 'drive-by-download' attack is a malware delivery technique that is triggered simply ... The malicious script, passed by the attacker e.g. through the HTML forms, ...
6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads | CIO
www.cio.com/article/.../6-ways-to-defend-against-drive-by-d...
10 Feb 2012 - Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on ...
Drive-by download - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-by_download
Drive-by download means two things, each concerning the unintended download ... without a person's knowledge, often a computer virus, spyware, malware, or crimeware. ... By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Critical bug allows drive-by download attacks in Internet ...
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/.../critical-bug-allows-drive-...
17 Nov 2014 - Malwarebytes Unpacked : The Official Malwarebytes Security Blog ... to remotely compromise a computer via a drive-by download attack.
How malware works: Anatomy of a drive-by download web ...
https://blogs.sophos.com/.../how-malware-works-anatomy-of-a-...
26 Mar 2014 - The term drive-by download describes how malware can infect your computer ... We do this using our ever-growing, cloud-hosted database of ...
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Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:50
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Thanks a lot!!
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drive-by download


Explanation:
I think this is what is more commonly known as a "drive-by download" malware attack.
What's a 'Drive-by-Download' Attack? - Comodo
https://www.comodo.com/resources/home/.../nov.../ask-geekbud...
A 'drive-by-download' attack is a malware delivery technique that is triggered simply ... The malicious script, passed by the attacker e.g. through the HTML forms, ...
6 Ways to Defend Against Drive-by Downloads | CIO
www.cio.com/article/.../6-ways-to-defend-against-drive-by-d...
10 Feb 2012 - Cybercriminals are increasingly using drive-by downloads to distribute malware without end users knowing something bad has just landed on ...
Drive-by download - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-by_download
Drive-by download means two things, each concerning the unintended download ... without a person's knowledge, often a computer virus, spyware, malware, or crimeware. ... By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Critical bug allows drive-by download attacks in Internet ...
https://blog.malwarebytes.org/.../critical-bug-allows-drive-...
17 Nov 2014 - Malwarebytes Unpacked : The Official Malwarebytes Security Blog ... to remotely compromise a computer via a drive-by download attack.
How malware works: Anatomy of a drive-by download web ...
https://blogs.sophos.com/.../how-malware-works-anatomy-of-a-...
26 Mar 2014 - The term drive-by download describes how malware can infect your computer ... We do this using our ever-growing, cloud-hosted database of ...

Jack Doughty
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:50
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 42
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!!

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agree  Tushar Deep
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agree  Terry Richards
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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