Link Virus

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Link Virus definition - hacker
A computer virus that is downloaded and launched by clicking a link embedded in a Website. The link usually seems to point to a harmless destination and is frequently obscured so that an unwary user believes that nothing bad can happen. It is often used in phishing or spear phishing attacks to smuggle attack code through the perimeter defenses of an organization.

See Also: Link; Phishing; Virus.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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