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Other triggers

Article detailing the mechanisms of malware persistence by use of myriad triggers.
Other Triggers

There can be many other events that can trigger the execution of malware some examples include:

• Specified date(s) and time(s)

• Boot number

• Mouse overs

• Folder navigation

• Presence or absence of particular files, folders, registry keys or values

• A particular program/service running or not running

Additional information…

It can be seen that there are myriad methods that can be used to trigger a malware infection. The one process that cannot be used to trigger a malware infection is a command to actually power down a system. Obvious really!

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