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Program Infector

nouncandidate·updated May 9, 2026

A program infector is a piece of malware that attaches itself to existing program files.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Program Infectors
possessive
Program Infector's
pluralpossessive
Program Infectors'