In-the-wild
The expression In the wild (English for in the wild , in contrast to closed environments such as zoo or laboratory) is a technical terminus of electronic data processing (EDP) .
It is in connection with computer viruses or -würmern as analogy used to refer to viruses or worms that actually in the Internet are circulating or other media. In contrast to this, numerous variants of viruses and worms as well as proof-of-concept viruses or worms are only available in the (protected) laboratories of antivirus program manufacturers and therefore do not pose any immediate danger to the user.
According to Paul Ducklin's definition , a virus must "spread between the computers of unsuspecting users during everyday operations" to be considered in the wild .
literature
- Paul Ducklin: Counting Viruses . Virus Bulletin, 1999 online version
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Definition on luk-korbmacher.de ( memento of the original from December 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. operated by Symantec
- ↑ What is a computer virus? - ITW viruses section
- ↑ Quoted on techtarget.com . Closely. "It must be spreading as a result of normal day-to-day operations on and between the computers of unsuspecting users."
